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  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop

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Examples

  • MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010

  • MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010

  • MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010

  • The archbishop, the Most Rev Bernard Longley, and the vicar-general of the archdiocese will be meeting with Fr Madden when he has had the opportunity to study carefully the full report and the criticisms of himself in the context of the report.

    Army suspends Baha Mousa soldiers as more prosecutions are considered 2011

  • Already in early Medieval Latin we come across the ecclesiastical terms abbas generalis and magister generalis, whence the titles master-general, vicar-general, and superior-general evolved and still linger, at least in the modern Catholic church.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010

  • MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil.

    Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010

  • Already in early Medieval Latin we come across the ecclesiastical terms abbas generalis and magister generalis, whence the titles master-general, vicar-general, and superior-general evolved and still linger, at least in the modern Catholic church.

    Governor-General 2009

  • After the case was brought to light by the New York Times last month, Benedict's former vicar-general in Munich, Gerhard Gruber, accepted "full responsibility" for the decision.

    Pope flies to Malta amid fresh claims of a cover-up over sex abuse scandal John Hooper in Rome 2010

  • Such was his reputation, that in 1215 Brocard, prior of mount Carmel, and general of the order, appointed him vicar-general, with full power over all the western provinces.

    Vocations John 2008

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