Vicar (disambiguation)

Vicar typically refers to a clergy position in various Christian traditions or to an administrative political post (Vicarius) in Roman history. Other uses include:

Church positions

• Vicar (Anglicanism) for its use in the Anglican tradition
• Apostolic vicariate, or "Vicar apostolic", is a Roman Catholic form of jurisdiction directly under the Pope established in a missionary region or before the creation of a diocese.
• Vicar general, or Episcopal vicar, is a diocesean bishop's deputy able to exercise a bishop's ordinary executive power.
• Vicar forane for a parish pastor who serves as a senior authority over a section of a diocese.
• Vicar of Christ, (also "vicar of Saint Peter" or vicarius principis apostolorum), a title used primarily by the Roman Catholic pontiff.

People

• Vicar (comics) for the pseudonym of Chilean cartoonist Victor Arriagada Rios (1934–2012)

Places

• Vícar, a municipality in Almería, Spain
• Vicar Street in Dublin, Ireland known for its concert, events, and performing arts scene

Creative works

• The Vicar of Bray, an 18th-century satirical song
• The Vicar of Bray, an 1882 comic opera by Edward Solomon with a libretto by Sydney Grundy
• The Vicar of Bray, a 1937 British historical film directed by Henry Edwards
• The Vicar of Bullhampton, an 1870 novel by Anthony Trollope
• The Vicar of Christ, a 1979 novel by Walter F. Murphy
• The Vicar of Dibley, a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis that aired from 1994 to 2007
• The Vicar of Wakefield a novel written 1761-62 by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith
• The Vicar of Vejlby, a 1922 Danish crime mystery film directed by August Blom.
• The Vicar, a character on the television show Thomas & Friends
• The Vicar, a persona, alias and semi-fictional character created by music producer David Singleton (featuring as the centre of a multimedia music-and-fiction project)