Lord-Vicar

Lord-Vicar is a title given to noblemen/women who have been tasked to act as emissaries and personal representatives of ecclesiastical authorities of at least bishopric authority. The actual power of the title has been known to vary based on the level of autonomy granted by the higher party. In most cases Vicars serve exclusively as diplomats on particular missions where they have been given specific latitude to act with the power of the office holder they are representing. Despite the normally limited authority of the Vicars, however, there have been rare examples throughout Azerothian where Vicars have assumed broad and nearly limitless powers of the officeholder which they represent; acting virtually as the officeholder him/herself.