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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious"). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. Usually the title appears in a number of Christian ecclesiastical contexts, but in the Holy Roman Empire a local representative of the emperor, perhaps an archduke, might be styled "vicar". Vicar - Roman Catholic. In Roman Catholic canon law, a vicar is the local representative of any ecclesiastic. The Romans had ...

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Vicar - Ulster

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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Vicar general A vicar general is an ecclesiastical office in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church existing in each particular church. A diocesan bishop must appoint at least one vicar general for his diocese. Vicars general share in the bishop's ordinary power over the entire diocese, acting as a sort of second-in-command. Vicars general must be either priests, auxiliary bishops, or coadjutor bishops. The equivalent officer in the Easter ...

Vicar: Encyclopedia II - Vicar - Notable vicars

In either tradition, a vicar can be the priest of a "chapel of ease", a church which is not a parish church. Non-resident canons led also to the institution of vicars choral, each canon having his own vicar, who sat in his stall in his absence (see Cathedral). Oliver Goldsmith's novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) and the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope, and in France Honoré de Balzac's The Curate of Tours (Le Curé de Tours) all evoke the impoverished world of the 18th and 19th century vicar, while ...

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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Bray

Bray (Bré, formerly Brí Chulainn in Irish) is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. Bray is a busy urban centre and seaside town of nearly 30,000 people situated in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland about 20 km south of Dublin. The town is the location of some industry, is home for many who commute to Dublin by car or rail DART, is a market town for the surrounding area and still attracts tourists particularly from Dublin and at weekends.
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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Apostolic vicariate

An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church established missionary regions and countries which do not have a diocese yet. It is therefore essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more. It is led by a vicar apostolic, usually nowadays a titular bishop. While such a territory can be classed as particular church, according to canon 371.1 of the Latin Code of Canon Law a Vicar Apostolic's jurisdiction is a vicarious exercise of the jurisdiction of the Pope. This is unlike the jur ...

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Apostolic vicariate - Resources

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Vicarius

Vicarius is a Latin word, meaning substitute or deputy. It is the root of the English word "vicar." In ancient Rome, this was the partial title for various officials. Each vicarius was assigned to another superior official, after whom his full title was generally completed. (e.g. Vicarius Praetor) However, there was an exception to this usage in which both the title and position were singular, simply referred to as a vicarius. Consul Praetor Quaestor Promagistrate < ...

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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (May 3, 1748 – June 20, 1836) was a French abbé and statesman, one of the chief theorists of the revolutionary and Napoleonic era. He was born at Fréjus in the south of France, and was educated for the church at the Sorbonne. While there, he eagerly imbibed the teachings of John Locke, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, and other political thinkers, in preference to theology. Nevertheless he entered the church, and his learning and subtlety earned him rapid promotion to vicar-general and chancellor ...

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Great Bible

The Great Bible was the first authorised edition of the Holy Bible in English, authorised by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Sir Thomas Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide: "…one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may ...

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Augustus Montague Toplady

Augustus Montague Toplady (November 4, 1740 – August 11, 1778), Anglican divine, was born at Farnham, Surrey, and educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Dublin. Although originally a follower of Wesley, in 1758 he adopted extreme Calvinist opinions. He was ordained in 1762 and became vicar of Harpford with Fenn-Ottery, Devon, in 1766. In 1768 he exchanged to the living of Broadhembury, Devon. He is chiefly known as a writer of hymns and poems, including "Rock of Ages", and the collections entitled Poems on Sac ...

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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Archpriest

An archpriest is the title of a priest which has supervisory duties over a number of parishes. The term is most often used in Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern-Rite Catholicism, since the corresponding office in the Roman Catholic Church has been replaced by the vicar forane. Much like the archdeacon was the head of the diaconate of a diocese in ancient times, the archpriest was first the chief of the presbyterium of the diocese. Eventually by the Middle Ages, the office evolved into the priest of the principal parish among ...

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Andrew Young poet

This page is not about the poet Andrew Young (1823 - 1901) Andrew John Young (29 April 1885 - 1971) was a Scottish poet and writer on botanical subjects, and a Presbyterian minister who later became an Anglican clergyman. He was born in Elgin, and educated in Edinburgh, where he went to school, then Edinburgh University and New College for theological training. He was ordained in the United Free Church of Scotland in 1912. Later, in 1920, he moved to Hove in Sussex. He joined the Church of England and became a parish priest as vicar of Stonegate, also in Sussex. He was ...

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Andrew Young poet - Works

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley (July 12, 1819 – January 23, 1875) was an English novelist, particularly associated with the West Country. He was born in Devon, the son of a vicar. His brother, Henry Kingsley, also became a novelist. Charles spent his childhood in Clovelly, Devon and was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, before himself going in for the church. From 1844, he was rector of Eversley in Hampshire, and in 1860, he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. His interest in history spi ...

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Charles Kingsley - Bibliography

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Camillo Cardinal Ruini

Camillo Cardinal Ruini, born February 19, 1931 in Sassuolo, Italy, is a Roman Catholic Cardinal Priest. He is very active in the mass media and is one of the cardinals to appear most often on Italian TV, newspapers and magazines. He serves as the current Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome and archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano. Camillo Cardinal Ruini - Biography. Having studied philosophy and theology in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, he obtained a licentiate in ...

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Vicar: Encyclopedia - Captain Clegg

Captain Clegg is a fictional character and is one of the aliases of the Rev. Dr. Christopher Syn in a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. Doctor Syn had been a humble country vicar married to the Spanish Imogene. When his wife was seduced away from him, Syn swore vengeance and became the pirate Clegg to hunt them down. Eventually, Syn tired of his quest and returned to the little town of Dymchurch to resume his life as a clergyman. As fate would have it his old enemy "Black Nick" was hanged for piracy. Syn agreed to raise Ni ...

Vicar: Encyclopedia - Adam Cardinal Kozłowiecki

Cardinal Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J., (April 1, 1911 in Huta Komorowska, Poland) is Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia) and Cardinal. He was ordained for the Jesuits on 24 June 1937. In 1939 he and 24 confrères were arrested by the Gestapo in Kraków and then sent to Auschwitz. Six months later he was transferred to Dachau, where he remained until the end of the war. After his release the Vicar General proposed that he go to then-Northern Rhodesia, where the Polish Jesuits had a mission. He taught there for several years until be ...

Vicar: Encyclopedia - David Augustine Baker

David Augustine Baker (1575-1641) was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer, born at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, December 9, 1575. His father was William Baker, steward to Lord Abergavenny, and his mother was a daughter of Lewis ap John (alias Wallis), Vicar of Abergavenny. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Broadgate's Hall, now Pembroke College, Oxford, afterwards becoming a member of Clifford's Inn, and later of the Middle Temple. At Oxford he lost his faith in the existence of God, but after some ye ...

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