Assertion: vicar's power | /r/CapableOf | judge case
Facets:
value: in the diocesan ecclesiastical court
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Diocesan bishops are required to appoint a judicial vicar to whom is delegated the bishop's ordinary power to judge cases (canon 1420 of the Code of Canon Law, canon 191 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches).
text: Judicial vicars exercise a portion of the power of the diocesan bishop by virtue of their office, with ordinary power to judge cases in the diocesan ecclesiastical court.
text: In the Roman Catholic Church, a judicial vicar or episcopal official (Latin: officialis) is an officer of the diocese who has ordinary power to judge cases in the diocesan ecclesiastical court.