Provincial Administration

The offices of the Province

Minister Provincial

The Minister Provincial is elected by the Provincial Chapter for a six-year term. He can promulgate decrees in favour of his own friars, wherever they reside, and of other friars staying in his Province.

Vicar Provincial

The Provincial Vicar is elected by the Provincial Chapter for a six-year term. He assists the Minister Provincial in the discharge of his duty; he substitutes for the Minister Provincial with ordinary vicarious power when the Minister Provincial is absent or impeded; he is not to use his authority against the mind and will of the Minister Provincial.

Provincial Secretary

The Provincial Secretary is elected by the Capitular Congressus for a three-year term. Besides any specific tasks entrusted to him by the Minister Provincial, it is his responsibility to take the minutes of each Definitory Meeting, keep in order all the relevant documents, sign the circular letters and other official documents, and act as PRO for the Province.

Provincial Definitors

The Provincial Definitors are four in number and are elected for a three-year term. They are councillors to the Minister Provincial and give their opinion or consent according to the demands of universal and proper law.

Provincial Bursar

The Provincial Bursar is elected by the Capitular Congressus for a three-year term. The Provincial Bursar supervises the finances of the Province according to specific norms approved by the Minister Provincial and his Definitory, with due regard to universal law.