Okrskové vikariáty – koordinační rovina řízení pastorace

The vicariate forane connects parishes, as local communities, and dioceses, as the local (particulate) church. A forane vicar (dean), a close collaborator with the diocesan bishop, stands at its head. In this article, we have summarized the rights and obligations of the vicar as they are specified in the common law plus the particular normative of the Olomouc Archdiocese. The vicar competencies are implemented on three levels: the vicar relationship with his vicariate clergy, the vicar relationship with the laity of the vicariate, and the vicar relationship with his own bishop and the diocese leadership. The vicar function is pastoral­‑coordination above all, not jurisdictional. The vicar role shifted administration-supervising to a more pastoral dimension, in contrast to the normative CIC/1917.