VICARIUS APOSTOLICUS

VICARIUS APOSTOLICUS vicarius apostolicus (vI-kair-ee-[schwa]s ap-[schwa]s-tahl-[schwa]-k[ schwa]s), n. [Latin ¡°apostolic vicar¡±] Eccles. law. An officer through whom the Pope exercises authority in remote regions. ? This officer is sometimes sent with episcopal functions into provinces where there is no bishop resident or where there has long been a vacancy in the see. What is the […]

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