Posted on 04/05/2010 9:32:59 AM PDT by Salvation
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A legitimately deputized assistant to a bishop with ordinary jurisdiction over an entire diocese. His term of office expires with the death, resignation, or transfer of the bishop. Unless the size of a diocese or diversity of rites absolutely requires it, there may be only one vicar-general appointed. He should be an experienced priest of excellent moral character. The vicar-general may also be an auxiliary bishop. In view of its importance the office is regulated by definite legislation in the Church's canon law.
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We have one. He’s a relict of the previous Bishop, and he often goes on Diocesan-sponsored cruises and tours. He also visits parishes and gives pep talks about the building fund. Nice man, speaks Spanish ... but I think he may not be really orthodox, since the current Bishop has him doing glad-handing instead of really running anything.
Churches are also collected to what is called deaneries in the Eastern U. S. The Dean of the Diocese would then equal the Vicar General. And each local group of churches would have a Dean also.
Instead of deaneries, I would gurss that most Catholic Diocese have vicariates. The local collections of churches in the West have a vicar rather than a dean.
We have “Vicariates,” according to the diocesan newspaper. Some services are organized around those groupings. For example, we have a diocesan coordinator of Hispanic Ministry (a plainclothes Sister of some kind - nice lady, good Spanish, but ...), and a lay sub-coordinator (Cuban gent, *very* orthodox) for the Charlotte Vicariate.
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