Vicar General for Vatican City

Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City
Italian: Vicario Generale di Sua Santità per la Città del Vaticano
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Rome
Incumbent
Angelo Comastri

since 29 June 2017
Type Vicar general
Reports to The Pope
Appointer The Pope
Unofficial names Vicar General for Vatican City
Website www.vicariatusurbis.org

The Vicar General for Vatican City, more formally the Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City,[1] is the vicar general for the part of the Diocese of Rome that lies within Vatican City. He is appointed by the Pope.

Description

As vicar general, he is the highest official for the ecclesiastical administration, spiritual and material, of the area entrusted to him. Since this area has very few residents, his responsibility concerns primarily visitors to the Vatican.

The parallel responsibility for the main part of the Diocese of Rome is entrusted to the Vicar General for Rome.

Vicars General for Vatican City

See also

References

  1. His title, as given, for instance, in the Annuario Pontificio (page 1384 of the 2013 edition) does not mention Vatican City State.


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