The primary role of the chancellor is to gather, arrange, and safeguard the Acts and the archives of the diocesan curia. That is, he or she is responsible for the orderly arrangement and accessibility of the records and files that keep the diocese running and are its recorded history. This is especially true in regard to the sacramental registers, which detail the sacramental history of each parish in the diocese. The chancellor is also the official notary on all of the documents issued by the diocesan bishop.My regular correspondent earlier had gotten wind that Mr Vasquez-Weber, who styles himself "J Henry" in his breezy communications with clergy, would be leaving his position as executive assistant, although it was inferred that this might be to return to the seminary. However, this new information suggests J Henry will receive a promotion in place, and it will probably be just a new title for tasks he's already performing.. . . The office of the chancellor also helps disseminate information to clergy, parishes, and the Catholic faithful that may be beneficial to the people of the Diocese of Camden as they make their journey of Faith toward God’s eternal kingdom.
Although the Diocese of Camden says,
In many dioceses, including the Diocese of Camden, the chancellor is assisted by vice-chancellors overseeing specific aspects of the many areas of concern, i.e., the microfilming of parish sacramental registers and compliance in maintaining the minute books of parish pastoral and finance councils.in the North American ordinariate, the job of maintaining baptism, confirmation, and marriage records doesn't seem demanding enough for J Henry to need assistance, and I see no reason to assume the level of activity in the chancery will suddenly increase. The ordinariate seems to have managed without a chancellor since Mrs Chalmers left the job after performing a key role in bungling the admission of the St Mary of the Angels parish in 2012. In fact,
UPDATE: My regular correspondent tells me that various people have filled the Chancellor role, with or without that title. When Laurie Miller was the executive assistant, she was also Chancellor. Fr Ken Wolfe was briefly chancellor under Msgr Steenson as well. I would think Houston has done better overall without a chancellor than with one.
The individual who reported J Henry's promotion gave this background:
From being the Facilities Manager at St. Theresa's in Sugar Land, Texas, to becoming the personal assistant and now CHANCELLOR for Lopes, Josue's rise in the Ordinariate is truly astronomical in nature! Especially for someone that clearly doesn't know anything! Not only that, but he's also Bishop Lopes' "housemate".My regular correspondent and I have noted the not entirely decorous tone with reference to the bishop in J Henry's letters to clergy that implies an absence of supervisor-subordinate boundaries, and the visitor's assertion here may reflect this as well.
Just last evening I was reflecting on how Our Lady of the atonement has had a great deal of turmoil, but in contrast, Our Lady of Walsingham seems to have been quiet. The visitor here suggests this may not necessarily be the case.
