Diocesan Vicariates
“Priests are made in the likeness of Christ the Priest by the Sacrament of Orders, so that they may, in collaboration with their bishops, work for the building up and care of the Church which is the whole Body of Christ, acting as ministers of him who is the Head.” Pope Saint Paul VI
What is a Vicariate?
From the Code of Canon Law
Can. 374 §1. Every diocese or other particular church is to be divided into distinct parts or parishes.
§2. To foster pastoral care through common action, several neighboring parishes can be joined into special groups, such as vicariates forane.
Can. 553 §1. A vicar forane, who is also called a dean, an archpriest, or some other name, is a priest who is placed over a vicariate forane.
Vicar Forane
Vicariate A (South Bend-North), Vicar: Rev. Msgr. Michael Heintz
- St. Pius X, Granger
- St. Stanislaus Kostka, New Carlisle
- Sacred Heart, Notre Dame
- Christ the King, South Bend
- Corpus Christi, South Bend
- Holy Cross, South Bend
- Holy Family, South Bend
- St. Therese, Little Flower, South Bend
- SS. Casimir and Adalbert, South Bend
- St. Augustine, South Bend
- St. Patrick-St. Hedwig, South Bend
- St. John the Baptist, South Bend
- St. Joseph, South Bend
- St. Stanislaus, South Bend
Vicariate B (South Bend-South), Vicar: Rev. Mark Hellinger
- St. Dominic, Bremen
- St. Mary of the Lake, Culver
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, South Bend
- Queen of Peace, Mishawaka
- St. Bavo, Mishawaka
- St. Joseph, Mishawaka
- St. Monica, Mishawaka
- St. Michael, Plymouth
- Our Lady of Hungary, South Bend
- St. Anthony De Padua, South Bend
- St. Jude, South Bend
- St. Matthew Cathedral, South Bend
- St. Patrick, Walkerton
Vicariate C (Elkhart), Vicar: Rev. Jonathan Norton
- Blessed Sacrament, Albion
- St. Mary of the Annunciation, Bristol
- St. Thomas the Apostle, Elkhart
- St. Vincent de Paul, Elkhart
- St. John the Evangelist, Goshen
- St. Patrick, Ligonier
- St. Francis Xavier, Pierceton
- St. Gaspar Del Bufalo, Rome City
- St. Martin de Porres, Syracuse
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Warsaw
- Sacred Heart, Warsaw
Vicariate D (Fort Wayne-North), Vicar: Rev. Msgr. Thomas Shoemaker
- St. Anthony of Padua, Angola
- Immaculate Conception, Auburn
- St. Mary of the Assumption, Avilla
- St. John Bosco, Churubusco
- Immaculate Conception, Ege
- Most Precious Blood, Fort Wayne
- Our Lady of Good Hope, Fort Wayne
- Queen of Angels, Fort Wayne
- St. Charles Borromeo, Fort Wayne
- St. Jude, Fort Wayne
- St. Vincent de Paul, Fort Wayne
- St. Joseph, Garrett
- Immaculate Conception, Kendallville
- St. Joseph, LaGrange St.
- Michael the Archangel, Waterloo
Vicariate E (Fort Wayne-South), Vicar: Rev. Glenn Kohrman
- St. Patrick, Arcola
- St. Louis, Besancon
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne
- Sacred Heart, Fort Wayne
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Fort Wayne
- St. Henry, Fort Wayne
- St. John the Baptist, Fort Wayne
- St. Joseph, Fort Wayne
- St. Mary, Fort Wayne
- St. Patrick, Fort Wayne
- St. Peter, Fort Wayne
- St. Therese, Fort Wayne
- St. Joseph, Hessen Cassel
- St. Rose, Monroeville
- St. John the Baptist, New Haven
- St. Aloysius, Yoder
Vicariate F (Huntington), Vicar: Rev. Jacob Runyon
- St. Joseph, Bluffton
- St. Paul of the Cross, Columbia City
- St. Mary of the Assumption, Decatur
- St. Mary of the Presentation, Geneva
- St. Mary, Huntington
- SS. Peter and Paul, Huntington
- St. Catherine, Columbia City
- St. Robert Bellarmine, North Manchester
- St. Joseph, Roanoke
- St. Bernard, Wabash