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<br> Vicars exercise authority as the agents of the bishop of the diocese. For example, Ignaty Punin, the vicar bishop under the Diocese of Smolensk, is titled "The right Reverend Ignaty, the bishop of Vyazma, the vicar of the Diocese of Smolensk", Vyasma being a smaller city contained in the territory of the Diocese of Smolensk. In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the positions of "vicar" and "curate" aren't acknowledged in the canons of the entire church. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa, a vicar is a one who has completed seminary coaching and is awaiting ordination while serving at a parish where the Diocesan Council locations him or her. In Anglicanism, a vicar is a kind of parish priest. In Catholic canon regulation, a vicar is the representative of any ecclesiastic entity. An apostolic vicar is a bishop or priest who heads a missionary explicit Church that is not yet able to be a full diocese - he stands as the local representative of the Pope, within the Pope's role as bishop of all unorganized territories. Usually, Russian Orthodox vicar bishops haven't any independent jurisdiction (even of their titular towns) and are subordinate to their diocesan bishops |
