Ronnie Barker

Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute, the vicar read out one of Fred's jokes, and the congregation had two minutes silence.

English Comedian

Jo Brand

I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.

British Comedian

Charles Hodge

Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ.

American Theologian

Tom Hollander

Stories about vicars are always being told because they're at the heart of our society. Vicars touch all parts of the community and see life in all its extremity.

English Actor

Richard Coles

Food as sport is nothing new. To a vicar, especially, church catering has represented the conduct of war by other means for many years.

English Musician

John Nettles

Take vicars; there are often village vicars in 'Midsomer Murders', but the village vicar in England was killed off long ago.

British Actor

Hugh Dennis

My dad was a vicar and my mum was a primary school teacher, so I was always aware of being in a very supportive family.

Cynthia Payne

Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London.

British Celebrity

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.

Irish Playwright

Conrad Black

The vicar of Christ is an individual, not an electorate.

British Businessman

Used for priests within the Anglican Church, not applicable to all Christian denominations.

Anglican Context

Refers specifically to the leading priest of a parish, not just any clergy member.

Parish Leader

Implies a role that involves community and pastoral care beyond religious services.

Community Role

Emphasizes temporariness; a vicar is a stand-in, not a permanent replacement.

Temporary Replacement

The vicar has the authority to make decisions as if they were the person they replace.

Authority Position

Apart from churches, 'vicar' is used in other contexts to denote a stand-in role.

Varied Usage

 I'm like, "Oh, well, I don't want you to go into a chat room to talk about guitars, because they might not all be your friends, and some of the people that are in the chat room might be, you know, perverts and teachers and vicars --"

David Birch: A new way...

 have such lovely clothes is it pricey yeah go on tell us tell us where'd you get it it's actually vintage pingu's girlfriend has got one exactly the same awesome that was a bit weird vicar asking me to leave the church this morning