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In a diocese with a Coadjutor Bishop , the coadjutor succeeds immediately as the ordinary upon the previous bishop's death or resignation, and an administrator is not elected. The duty falls to the Metropolitan Bishop (or the senior Suffragan Bishop of the province if the metropolitan see is vacant) to appoint a vicar capitular if the chapter or the consultors fail to elect an administrator within eight days. The Pope can preempt their decision at any time, and his choice for provisional ordinary is known as an Apostolic Administrator . Several of the powers and duties of a bishop are withheld from a vicar capitular, either completely or until the ''sede vacante'' period has existed for over a year. Once chosen, the chapter may not remove the vicar from office; he remains until a bishop takes possession of the diocese, he is removed by the Holy See , he resigns from office, or his death. EXTERNAL LINKS |