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  2. Ecclesiastical titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    A monsignor is titled "Reberendo Monsenyor" ("Reverend Monsignor"), although if he holds extra administrative office he is titled according to his office. Vicars general, forane, and episcopal are titled "Very Reverend". Monsignori are colloquially addressed as "Monsignor" (abbreviated as "Msgr.").

  3. Vicar general - Wikipedia

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    A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop or archbishop of a diocese or an archdiocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary.

  4. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The vicar general or one of them is usually appointed moderator of the curia who coordinates the diocesan administrative offices and ministries. [74] A diocesan bishop can also appoint one or more episcopal vicars for the diocese. They have the same ordinary power as a vicar general, however, it is limited to a specified division of the diocese ...

  5. Monsignor - Wikipedia

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    The title "monsignor" is a form of address, not an appointment (such as a bishop or cardinal). A priest cannot be "made a monsignor" or become "the monsignor of a parish". The title "Monsignor" is normally used by clergy who have received one of the three classes of papal honors: Protonotary apostolic (the highest honored class) Honorary prelate

  6. List of religious titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    Vicar General: Very Reverend, Very Rev., Reverend Monsignor, Rev. Msgr. A presbyter granted vicarious authority from a diocesan bishop for the entire diocese, as a kind of "vice bishop" for administrative purposes. Often also acts as moderator of the curia / chief of staff. Chorbishop

  7. Prelate of Honour of His Holiness - Wikipedia

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    The Prelates of Honor are entitled Reverend Monsignor. Historically associated with the chamberlain of the papal court, it is the second rank of monsignor: above Chaplain to His Holiness, but below Protonotary Apostolic. [4] Prelates of Honor durante munere: Canons of the cathedrals of Pisa, Siena and Vercelli

  8. Order of precedence in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    De facto precedence should be applied where, a non-ordained religious or lay ecclesial minister serves in an office equivalent listed below (e.g., a diocesan director of Catholic Education is an equal office to an episcopal vicar, a pastoral life director an equal office to pastor, though with respect to the principle of the hierarchy of order ...

  9. List of ecclesiastical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Under this general heading may be included all abbreviated forms of addresses in ordinary intercourse, whether of individuals or of members of religious orders, congregations, institutes, to which may be added the forms of addresses usual for members of Catholic lay societies and the Papal orders of merit.