Examples of 'vicar-general' in a sentence
Meaning of "vicar-general"
Vicar-general is a term used in some Christian denominations to refer to a bishop's deputy or representative
Show more definitions
- An official performing the work of an archdeacon under the bishop.
- In the English Church, an officer assisting the bishop, the chancellor of the diocese.
How to use "vicar-general" in a sentence
Basic
Advanced
vicar-general
He served instead as Vicar-General of the diocese.
The vicar-general may also be an auxiliary bishop.
The diocese was governed by a Vicar-General.
He was also the vicar-general of the diocese.
He lays open all his fears to the Vicar-General.
The Vicar-General wished to insinuate a few words as to the choice of a successor.
For many years he was the Vicar-General of the bishop.
It was revoked immediately upon the retirement of the vicar-general.
The vicar-general together with the parish priest were leading the service.
This does not necessarily have to be a bishop and sometimes is the vicar-general.
He was a Vicar-General of Sens for eleven years.
Accordingly, the required permission cannot be given by a vicar-general or a diocesan administrator.
The Vicar-General is distinct from the Dean of the Arches.
He is assisted by the general council, which consists of a vicar-general and three general councilors.
The Vicar-General of the Diocese is distinct from the Vicar-General of the Province.
See also
He had previously been Vicar-General of Grenoble.
The Vicar-General represented the Bishop of Arras.
For some eight years he had been Vicar-General of Auxerre.
He was a Vicar-General of Le Mans and then of Dol.
He was appointed professor in the Seminary of Rieti and later vicar-general of the diocese.
He was a Canon and Vicar-General of the diocese of Vercelli.
The Bishop of Laon later chose him as Vicar-General.
Afterwards he was appointed Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
He adopted the title of King of Albania and appointed Gazzo Chinardo as his vicar-general.
He was Archdeacon and Vicar-General of Meaux for fifteen years.
I just got a call from the Vicar-General.
Betagh later became Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Dublin.
For six years he was Theological Canon and Vicar-General of Tarbes.
He had been Vicar-General of Langres for the Archdeaconry of Dijon.
He had previously been Archdeacon and Vicar-General of the diocese of Meaux.
A vicar-general was then appointed.
He held a licenciate in Canon Law, and had been Vicar-General of the diocese of Tours.
He had been Vicar-General of Saint-Albin at Laon.
This form of jurisdiction is possessed, for example, by a vicar-general.
Years been a vicar-general.
The prince-bishop presided over its sessions with the help of the vicar-general.
After five years Brady was appointed vicar-general of Western Australia.
He was Vicar-General of Andria and co-visitor of the diocese.
He had close connection with the diocese of Ely, being successively chancellor, vicar-general and prebendary.
He had been a Vicar-General of Tréguier for 5 years.
He was a Canon of Mâcon, and served as Vicar-General of Limoges.
He had been Vicar-General of Strasbourg.
Before becoming Bishop of Cahors he had been Vicar-General of Saint-Claude.
Later on, he became Vicar-General of the diocese of Vienne, France.
Guy took service with Charles of Anjou, serving as his Vicar-General in Tuscany.
He became Vicar-General of Metz.
He was Abbot of Grandselve, and Archdeacon and Vicar-General of Cahors.
He was Archdeacon and a Vicar-General of Coutances for twenty-five years.
Mlle. d'Ars, in a letter to a friend, talked of nothing less than strangling the Vicar-General.
Msgr. Walter Adolph, Vicar-General of the diocese of Berlin, has written a particularly cogent account.
