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Diocesan chancery
A diocesan chancery is the branch of administration that handles all written documents used in the official government of a Catholic, Anglican, or Orthodox diocese.
It is in the diocesan chancery that, under the direction of the bishop or his representative (the local ordinary), all documents which concern the diocese are drawn up, copied, forwarded, and a record kept of all official writings expedited or received.
The official charged with the execution of these duties is known as the diocesan chancellor.
In many dioceses, the chancellor exercises some of the faculties, which in other dioceses are exclusively reserved for the vicar-general. This happens more frequently in smaller dioceses, administered directly by the bishop himself, and in which the vicar-general (often not resident in the episcopal city) is called on only when the bishop is absent or hindered.
In such cases, the chancellor is also the confidential secretary of the bishop. A similar system obtains even in many extensive dioceses, which the bishop administers with the aid of one or more vicars-general and the diocesan chancery. There are. However, he executes some large dioceses in which all matters are personally reserved to the bishop with the aid of a secretary or chancellor, usually a priest or deacon. At the same time, the greater part of the diocesan administration is handed over to a body of officials under the bishop's or vicar-general's direction.
For the correspondence, registration, and care of the archives, such administrative bureaus are provided with a secretariat or chancery. The chancery is a necessary element of administration in every diocese. Some provision for its duties must be made, even in missionary dioceses, apostolic prefectures, and apostolic vicariates. Unless the official correspondence were properly cared for, there would be no tradition in diocesan management, important documents would be lost, and the written evidence necessary in lawsuits and trials would be lacking.
The famous Apostolic Chancery (Cancellaria Apostolica) developed in time from the chancery of the primitive Bishop of Rome. Because of the latter's primacy in the Church, his chancery naturally had far wider relations than any other Christian diocese. The Apostolic See had never legislated concerning diocesan chanceries until the 1983 Code of Canon Law[citation needed] under its canons on the diocesan curia (cc. 469-494). The diocesan system was generally introduced in many countries whose churches had hitherto been under a more or less provisional government (e.g., United States, England, Scotland, and India).
National and provincial synods laid much stress on creating diocesan chanceries. In the United States, the First Plenary Council of Baltimore (1852) expressed the wish that in every diocese, there should be a chancery, to facilitate ecclesiastical administration and establish for its conduct a more or less identical system. In Ireland, the National Synod of Thurles (1850) made provision for the establishment and preservation of diocesan archives. Similarly, for England, the Provincial Synod of Westminster (1852).
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Diocesan chancery
A diocesan chancery is the branch of administration that handles all written documents used in the official government of a Catholic, Anglican, or Orthodox diocese.
It is in the diocesan chancery that, under the direction of the bishop or his representative (the local ordinary), all documents which concern the diocese are drawn up, copied, forwarded, and a record kept of all official writings expedited or received.
The official charged with the execution of these duties is known as the diocesan chancellor.
In many dioceses, the chancellor exercises some of the faculties, which in other dioceses are exclusively reserved for the vicar-general. This happens more frequently in smaller dioceses, administered directly by the bishop himself, and in which the vicar-general (often not resident in the episcopal city) is called on only when the bishop is absent or hindered.
In such cases, the chancellor is also the confidential secretary of the bishop. A similar system obtains even in many extensive dioceses, which the bishop administers with the aid of one or more vicars-general and the diocesan chancery. There are. However, he executes some large dioceses in which all matters are personally reserved to the bishop with the aid of a secretary or chancellor, usually a priest or deacon. At the same time, the greater part of the diocesan administration is handed over to a body of officials under the bishop's or vicar-general's direction.
For the correspondence, registration, and care of the archives, such administrative bureaus are provided with a secretariat or chancery. The chancery is a necessary element of administration in every diocese. Some provision for its duties must be made, even in missionary dioceses, apostolic prefectures, and apostolic vicariates. Unless the official correspondence were properly cared for, there would be no tradition in diocesan management, important documents would be lost, and the written evidence necessary in lawsuits and trials would be lacking.
The famous Apostolic Chancery (Cancellaria Apostolica) developed in time from the chancery of the primitive Bishop of Rome. Because of the latter's primacy in the Church, his chancery naturally had far wider relations than any other Christian diocese. The Apostolic See had never legislated concerning diocesan chanceries until the 1983 Code of Canon Law[citation needed] under its canons on the diocesan curia (cc. 469-494). The diocesan system was generally introduced in many countries whose churches had hitherto been under a more or less provisional government (e.g., United States, England, Scotland, and India).
National and provincial synods laid much stress on creating diocesan chanceries. In the United States, the First Plenary Council of Baltimore (1852) expressed the wish that in every diocese, there should be a chancery, to facilitate ecclesiastical administration and establish for its conduct a more or less identical system. In Ireland, the National Synod of Thurles (1850) made provision for the establishment and preservation of diocesan archives. Similarly, for England, the Provincial Synod of Westminster (1852).