Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, the vicegerent is an auxiliary bishop of the
Diocese of Rome, who is granted the personal title of archbishop and serves as the chief assistant to the
Cardinal Vicar of Rome.
Church of England Early in 1535, closely following the passing of Parliament's
Act of Supremacy formally creating the
Church of England, King Henry VIII appointed his chief minister
Thomas Cromwell "Vice-Gerent in spirituals", effectively acting as the king's deputy in church matters and taking precedence over the two archbishops; this was a necessary step as Cromwell, as an unordained layman, otherwise had no jurisdiction within the Church. The office was not continued after Cromwell's execution in 1540. Cromwell's earlier appointment, that of
Vicar General, had different responsibilities: under this title he directed the royal commissions into monastic affairs.
Russian Empire The term "vicegerency" (; ) is sometimes used in English-language historiography for an administrative division in the
Russian Empire in the late 18th century. The administrators were called vicegerents, the equivalent of a
governor-general. In his capacity of chief minister in a realm, the Patih was the right hand and representative of the ruler. The commands of the ruler were transferred to the regional or local chiefs via the Patih. In the
Javanese kingdoms the Patih had his own palace, the Pepatihan, and carried a particular name; in
Yogyakarta his name as regent was Danurejo, in
Surakarta (Solo) it was Joyonegoro. ==Notable vicegerents==