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Definition of Vicar apostolic

Vicar apostolic
Vicar Vic"ar, n. [OE. vicar, viker, vicair, F. vicaire, fr. L. vicarius. See Vicarious.] 1. One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy. [R.] 2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice. Note: The distinction between a parson [or rector] and vicar is this: The parson has, for the most part, the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues in his parish; but a vicar has generally an appropriator over him, entitled to the best part of the profits, to whom he is in fact perpetual curate with a standing salary. --Burrill. Apostolic vicar, or Vicar apostolic. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A bishop to whom the Roman pontiff delegates a portion of his jurisdiction. (b) Any ecclesiastic acting under a papal brief, commissioned to exercise episcopal authority. (c) A titular bishop in a country where there is no episcopal see, or where the succession has been interrupted. Vicar forane. [Cf. LL. foraneus situated outside of the episcopal city, rural. See Vicar, and Foreign.] (R. C. Ch.) A dignitary or parish priest appointed by a bishop to exercise a limited jurisdiction in a particular town or district of a diocese. --Addis & Arnold. Vicar-general. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) The deputy of the Archbishop of Canterbury or York, in whose court the bishops of the province are confirmed. --Encyc. Brit. (b) (R. C. Ch.) An assistant to a bishop in the discharge of his official functions. Vicar of Jesus Christ (R. C. Ch.), the pope as representing Christ on earth.

Meaning of Vicar apostolic from wikipedia

- Church counterpart is an (apostolic, patriarchal, or archiepiscopal) exarchate. An apostolic vicariate is led by a vicar apostolic, who is usually a titular...
- OFMCap (1854-1858), appointed Apostolic Vicar of Patna Waltar Steins Bisschop, SJ (1860-1867), appointed Apostolic Vicar of Western Bengal and later Bishop...
- is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The vicar apostolic of the...
- Islands to the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. Pope Pius IX appointed Maigret in 1847 as the first vicar apostolic of the Sandwich Islands...
- quite vast, ****ociated with an abbey A Vicar Apostolic (normally a bishop of a titular see), in charge of an apostolic vicariate, usually in a mission country...
- the vicar. The Congregation of the Visitation was quite independent of the vicar, being constituted by Apostolic authority. The authority of the vicar does...
- entrusted to an apostolic vicar or apostolic prefect who governs it in the name of the Supreme Pontiff." Can. 371 ยง1. A prefect apostolic is of lower rank...
- Hierapolis on 15 December 1659 and sent back to Malabar, with the title of Vicar Apostolic and Administrator of the Archbishopric of Cranganore. The new Vicariate...
- Giffard, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Western District in 1688; later returned here as Vicar Apostolic James Smith, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Northern District...
- to be constituted an eparchy or diocese (thus the equivalent of a vicar apostolic); or a priest or deacon who is appointed by a bishop as his executive...