Vicariate (Catholic)

A vicariate in the Catholic Church is a personally or spatially defined area of ​​office and pastoral care , which is presided over by a vicar .

Examples:

• The Vicariate Apostolic
• In the Archdiocese of Cologne the episcopal vicariate for the poor and Caritas
• The Archdiocese of Vienna consists of the Vicariate Unter dem Manhartsberg , the Vicariate under the Vienna Woods and the Vicariate Vienna City .
• The parish vicariate Maur belongs to the parish of Egg .