Define 'Vicar General' and 'Judicial Vicar'.

• A. The vicar general handles finances; the judicial vicar handles liturgical planning.
• B. The Vicar General acts as the bishop's principal deputy with executive power; the Judicial Vicar oversees the diocesan tribunal and canonical proceedings.
• C. The Vicar General is a layperson; the Judicial Vicar is a deacon.
• D. The Vicar General acts as spiritual director; the Judicial Vicar enforces canon law.

Answer: (B)

The Vicar General is the bishop’s principal deputy with executive power to govern the diocese, acting in the bishop’s name for most administrative matters and decisions. The Judicial Vicar is the head of the diocesan tribunal and serves as the bishop’s delegate for the administration of canon law, overseeing canonical proceedings and ensuring proper judicial process.

This pairing fits because one role covers governance and daily administration, while the other handles the diocesan church’s legal and judicial functions. The other options misidentify the scope or the nature of the offices: the first assigns finances and liturgical planning to these positions; the third wrongly says the Vicar General could be a layperson and the Judicial Vicar a deacon; and the fourth confuses spiritual direction with governance and reduces the Judicial Vicar to mere enforcement of law.