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The Office of the Vicar General
The vicar general is a priest (of at least 30 years of age) who has been appointed by the diocesan bishop to assist him in the governance of the faithful entrusted to his care. The vicar general is, by reason of his office, granted ordinary administrative power and jurisdiction over the whole diocese, a power which he exercises vicariously in the name of the diocesan bishop, whom he serves. The large scope and executive nature of the office requires that the vicar general be of sound doctrine, of integrity, of prudence, and well versed in both canon law and theology. While the historical origins of this office date back to the 4th century, the Second Vatican Council spoke of it as "the most important office in the diocesan curia", and the 1983 Code of Canon Law established it as a mandatory office in the organizational structure of a diocese. In handling many of the day-to-day canonical operations of the diocese, the vicar general maintains frequent communication with the bishop so that he may always act in harmony with the intention and mind of the Successor of the Apostles. [can. 475-481]
In the Diocese of Madison, the Office of the Vicar General handles requests for papal blessings and papal audiences, as well as requests for dispensations and permissions for marriages. It also is available for questions regarding canonical issues and concerns, always seeking to serve the many priests and deacons in this diocese as they fulfill their sacred duties.
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Meet Our Current Vicar General
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ordained to the priesthood in 2001 for the Diocese of Madison, Msgr. Bartylla has held various parish assignments as parochial vicar, parochial administrator, and pastor at parishes in Verona, Paoli, Kieler, Sinsinawa, Bloomington, Patch Grove, Mt. Horeb, and Pine Bluff. He served as the Director of the Office of Vocations from 2004 through 2009. He currently serves as vicar general of the Diocese of Madison and has been the Master of Ceremonies for Bishop Morlino since 2004. He also serves on the Presbyteral Council, College of Consultors, Diocesan Finance Council, St. Raphael Board, and Personnel Board.
About his appointment to the role of vicar general in 2009, Msgr. Bartylla said, "I'm very thankful to the bishop for placing his trust in me. The vicar general's office I envision to be an extension of the office of the bishop to serve the priests, parishes, and people of the Diocese of Madison. I look forward to working with the pastors as I take on this administrative position in the diocese."
Education
S.T.B. Theology, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Rome), 2001.
J.D. Civil Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996.
M.S. Finance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1988.
B.B.A. Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1983.
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Annual Statistics & Suitability Forms
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Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, effective immediately:
- Rev. Paul Arinze, to parochial administrator, St. Dennis Parish, Madison, per canon 539, remaining as Director of the Office of Vocations of the Diocese of Madison.
- Rev. Kent Schmitt, to medical leave, remaining in office of pastor, St. Dennis Parish, Madison.
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following from Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, effective immediately:
- Rev. Mr. Scott Jablonski, to parish deacon summer assignment, St. Joseph Parish, Baraboo.
Rev. Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:
- Rev. Mark Miller, to parochial vicar, St. Bernard Parish, Middleton, per canon 545, effective March 1, 2013.
Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointments made by Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:
- Rev. Brian Dulli, to diocesan judge, per canon 1421, effective December 6, 2012, for a period of five years, while remaining as pastor, St. Peter Parish, Ashton, and St. Martin of Tours Parish, Martinsville.
- Rev. Miguel Galvez, SJS, to parochial administrator, Queen of All Saints Parish, Fennimore, comprised of St. Mary Parish, Fennimore, St. John Nepomuc Parish, Castle Rock, and St. Lawrence O’Toole Parish, Mt. Hope, per canon 539, from parochial administrator, St. Mary Parish, Fennimore, St. John Nepomuc Parish, Castle Rock, and St. Lawrence O’Toole Parish, Mt. Hope, effective January 1, 2013.
- Rev. Msgr. Michael Hippee, JCL, to diocesan judge, per canon 1421, effective January 6, 2013, for a period of one year, from Judicial Vicar, per acceptance of resignation based on canon 189, effective January 6, 2013, while remaining as pastor, St. Bernard Parish, Madison.
- Rev. Tait Schroeder, STL, JCD, to Judicial Vicar, per canon 1420, effective January 7, 2013, for a period of five years, from doctoral studies in canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
- Rev. Sungmo Yu, a priest of the Diocese of Incheon, to chaplain, Korean Catholic Community in the Diocese of Madison, per canon 564, effective January 1, 2013.
- Tim Cavanaugh, JCL, to diocesan judge, per canon 1421, effective January 17, 2012, for a period of two years, from promoter of justice and defender of the bond.
- Bryna Fassino, to moderator of the Tribunal Chancery, per norm of article 61 of the instruction Dignitas Connubii, for a period of two years, effective December 17, 2012.
- Paul Matenaer, JCL, to promoter of justice, per canon 1430, effective January 7, 2013, for a period of two years, and to defender of the bond, per canon 1432, effective January 7, 2013, for a period of two years, from licentiate studies in canon law at St. Paul University, Ottawa.
Msgr. James Bartylla, Vicar General, announces the following appointment made by Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison:
- Rev. DePorres Durham, O.P., to pastor, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Madison, per canon 522, for a term of six years with the possibility of renewal, effective November 25, 2012, after presentation of the candidate, per canon 682, §1, by Rev. Charles Bouchard, O.P., Prior Provincial of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Albert the Great to Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison.
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Vatican II on the Hierarchical Structure of the Church
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"For the nurturing and constant growth of the People of God, Christ the Lord instituted in His Church a variety of ministries, which work for the good of the whole body. For those ministers, who are endowed with sacred power, serve their brethren, so that all who are of the People of God, and therefore enjoy a true Christian dignity, wrking toward a common goal freely and in an orderly way, may arrive at salvation.
"This Sacred Council, following closely in the footsteps of the First Vatican Council, with that Council teaches and declares that Jesus Christ, the eternal Shepherd, established His holy Church, having sent forth the apostles as He Himself had been sent by the Father; and He willed that their successors, namely the bishops, should be shepherds in His Church even to the consummation of the world. And in order that the episcopate itself might be one and undivided, He placed Blessed Peter over the other apostles, and instituted in him a permanent and visible source and foundation of unity of faith and communion. And all this teaching about the institution, the perpetuity, the meaning and reason for the sacred primacy of the Roman Pontiff and of his infallible magisterium, this Sacred Council again proposes to be firmly believed by all the faithful. Continuing in that same undertaking, this Council is resolved to declare and proclaim before all men the doctrine concerning bishops, the successors of the apostles, who together with the successor of Peter, the Vicar of Christ, the visible Head of the whole Church, govern the house of the living God."
The Second Vatican Council
Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
Article 18
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Vatican II on the Governing Office of the Bishop
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"Bishops, as vicars and ambassadors of Christ, govern the particular churches entrusted to them by their counsel, exhortations, example, and even by their authority and sacred power, which indeed they use only for the edification of their flock in truth and holiness, remembering that he who is greater should become as the lesser and he who is the chief become as the servant. This power, which they personally exercise in Christ's name, is proper, ordinary and immediate, although its exercise is ultimately regulated by the supreme authority of the Church, and can be circumscribed by certain limits, for the advantage of the Church or of the faithful. In virtue of this power, bishops have the sacred right and the duty before the Lord to make laws for their subjects, to pass judgment on them and to moderate everything pertaining to the ordering of worship and the apostolate.
"The pastoral office for the habitual and daily care of their sheep is entrusted to them completely; nor are they to be regarded as vicars of the Roman Pontiffs, for they exercise an authority that is proper to them, and are quite correctly called "prelates," heads of the people whom they govern. Their power, therefore, is not destroyed by the supreme and universal power, but on the contrary it is affirmed, strengthened and vindicated by it, since the Holy Spirit unfailingly preserves the form of government established by Christ the Lord in His Church."
The Second Vatican Council
Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)
Article 27
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