Vicar-General
in the Roman Church, a clerk, usually (but not necessarily) in holy orders, and having a degree in canon law, appointed by a bishop to assist in the discharge of episcopal functions. In matters of jurisdiction the vicar-general is regarded as the ordinary, and there is no appeal from the former to the latter; but the vicargeneral may not do any of those things which belong to the episcopal order. A bishop is not obliged to appoint a vicargeneral, but may appoint two or more if necessary. The office corresponds closely to that of an archdeacon in the early and mediæval Church. In the Anglican Church, an officer employed by VICE-PRESIDENT the Archbishop of Canterbury and some other bishops to assist in such matters as ecclesiastical causes and visitations.
VICE-ADMIRAL. See ADMIRAL.