Editing Vicar (section)

==Lutheran usage==
In the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]], the [[Lutheran Church–Canada]], and the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]], a vicar is a candidate for ordained pastoral ministry, serving in a vicariate or internship, usually in the third year of seminary training, though it can be delayed to the fourth year (this is often referred to as "a vicarage", a homonym of the residence of the Vicar). Typically at the end of the year of vicarage, the candidate returns to seminary and completes a final year of studies. After being issued a [[Vocation|call]] or assignment, the candidate is [[ordination|ordained]] as a [[pastor]] in the ministry of Word and Sacrament. The role of a vicar in the Lutheran tradition is most comparable to that of a [[transitional deacon]] in the Anglican and Roman churches, except that Lutheran vicars are not ordained. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa, a vicar is a person who has completed seminary training and is awaiting ordination while serving at a parish where the Diocesan Council places him or her.

The title ''Vikar'', used in the Lutheran churches in Germany, is comparable while the Lutheran [[Church of Sweden]] calls it ''kyrkoherde'' ("church shepherd"), although that title is more comparable to a [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]].