Catholic Church, an ecclesiastical judge (Latin: judex, or judex ecclesiasticus) is an ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either...
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Divine law or human law, with a permanent ecclesiastical office. Its possessor is called an ordinary judge. By Divine law the Pope has such ordinary jurisdiction...
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regarding a special tribunal in civil and criminal causes before an ecclesiastical judge. Privilegium immunitatis, exemption from taxation and some other...
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Chancellor is an ecclesiastical title used by several quite distinct officials of some Christian churches. In some churches, the chancellor of a diocese...
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Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". The...
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A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations. In contrast, a vicar is also...
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the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved hears the case. The Court is composed of three diocesan bishops and two appellate judges; it has jurisdiction...
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The Reverend (Full Name), V.G.; Father (Surname). Judicial Vicar, Ecclesiastical Judge, Episcopal Vicar, Vicar Forane, Dean, Provincial Superior, or Rector:...
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In ecclesiastical terminology, an auditor (from a Latin word meaning "hearer") is a person given authority to hear cases in an ecclesiastical court. In...
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Defender of the bond Definitor Devil's advocate Diocesan administrator Ecclesiastical judge Exorcist Laity Lay abbot Abthain Commendatory Lay cardinal Minister...
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Sheila Cameron (barrister) (category 21st-century English judges)
Court of Canterbury from 2000 to 2009, and was therefore the senior ecclesiastical judge of the Church of England in that period. From 1983 until 2005 she...
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Defender of the bond Definitor Devil's advocate Diocesan administrator Ecclesiastical judge Exorcist Laity Lay abbot Abthain Commendatory Lay cardinal Minister...
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Clergy (redirect from Ecclesiastical Person)
from the ecclesiastical Latin Clericus, for those belonging to the priestly class. In turn, the source of the Latin word is from the Ecclesiastical Greek...
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Curate (category Anglican ecclesiastical offices)
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Morag Ellis (category 21st-century English judges)
appointed Dean of the Arches on 8 June 2020, making her the senior ecclesiastical judge of the Church of England. Ellis was called to the bar at Gray's Inn...
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Ivo of Kermartin (category 13th-century French judges)
minor orders, he was appointed an "official", the title given to an ecclesiastical judge, of the archdeanery of Rennes (1280). He protected orphans and widows...
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Ambrose Philips (category Irish ecclesiastical judges)
Borough, was secretary to the lord chancellor in 1726, and in 1733 became a judge of the prerogative court. His patron died in 1742, and six years later Philips...
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Almoner (category Ecclesiastical titles)
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Auxiliary bishop (category Catholic ecclesiastical titles)
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Judge Owen may refer to: John Owen (judge), British barrister, High Court judge, and ecclesiastical judge Neville Owen (fl. 1960s–2010s), judge of the...
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sharing its habitat Surrogate (clergy), a deputy of a bishop or ecclesiastical judge Surrogate Court, a court primarily concerned with the distribution...
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Roman Rota (category Ecclesiastical courts)
Church. An appeal may be had to the pope himself, who is the supreme ecclesiastical judge. The Catholic Church has a complete legal system, which is the oldest...
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1564–1622), Welsh epigrammatist John Owen (judge), British barrister, High Court judge, and ecclesiastical judge John Owen (Owain Alaw) (1821–1883), Welsh...
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Parañaque as a defender of the bond since 2018, and was appointed as ecclesiastical judge of the same tribunal in 2021. Before his appointment as bishop, he...
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Sacristan (category Ecclesiastical titles)
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Nuncio (category Catholic ecclesiastical titles)
apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative...
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