The Bishop of London — the most senior cleric of the church with the exception of the two archbishops — serves as Canterbury's provincial dean, the Bishop of Winchester as chancellor, the Bishop of Lincoln as vice-chancellor, the Bishop of Salisbury as precentor, the Bishop of Worcester as chaplain and the Bishop of Rochester as cross-bearer.

He ordained further that some should be called " Abbreviators of the Upper Bar " ( Abbreviatores de Parco Majori ; the name derived from a space in the chancery, surrounded by a grating, in which the officials sat, which is called higher or lower ( major or minor ) according to the proximity of the seats to that of the vice-chancellor ), the others of the Lower Bar ( Abbreviatores de Parco Minori ); that the former should sit upon a slightly raised portion of the chamber, separated from the rest of the hall or chamber by lattice work, assist the Cardinal Vice-Chancellor, subscribe the letters and have the principal part in examining, revising, and expediting the apostolic letters to be issued with the leaden seal ; that the latter, however, should sit among the apostolic writers upon benches in the lower part of the chamber, and their duty was to carry the signed schedules or supplications to the prelates of the upper bar.

It has two full-time representatives who go to weakly meetings with the vice-chancellor and other organizational university bodies.

In 1538 three German theologians – Francis Burkhardt, vice-chancellor of Saxony ; George von Boyneburg, doctor of law ; and Friedrich Myconius, superintendent of the church of Gotha – were sent to London and held conferences with the Anglican bishops and clergy in the archbishop ’ s palace at Lambeth for several months.

The nominal head of an ancient university in Scotland is its Chancellor with the day-to-day functions of the chief operating officer vested in the vice-chancellor, who also holds the title of Principal and is referred to as the Principal Vice-Chancellor.

According to Sir Patrick Neill QC, the vice-chancellor, Macmillan ' would talk late into the night with eager groups of students who were often startled by the radical views he put forward, well into his last decade.

On 19 March 2009, in response to the crisis, vice-chancellor Brian Roper resigned his position with immediate effect but continued to receive his salary until December 2009.

The University's first classes in the Government house were held in 1911 with 83 commencing students and Sir William MacGregor is the first chancellor ( with Reginald Heber Roe as vice-chancellor ).

With the receipt of the Royal Assent in 1853, the University of Melbourne was founded, with Childers as its first vice-chancellor.

Moreover, through Bestuzhev's efforts, the credit of the Prussian king ( whom he regarded as more dangerous than France ) at the Russian court fell steadily, and the vice-chancellor prepared the way for an alliance with Austria by acceding to the Treaty of Breslau of 11 June 1742 on 1 November 1743 ).

In 1942 as a result of university reform, the campus was organized with a considerable degree of autonomy into the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science under the direction of a vice-chancellor.

St. Xavier's College was affiliated to the university in 1868, with Dr John Wilson as its first vice-chancellor.

Jeffreys spoke with his accustomed insolence to the vice-chancellor, silenced the other deputies when they offered to speak, and ordered them out of court.

For this purpose the vice-chancellor sat in camera and the jurisdiction had nothing to do with that of the vice-chancellor's court.

Simon Lee embarked on a controversial programme of partnerships with external bodies during his time as vice-chancellor, which came to be dubbed as " rubbing shoulders " after the university took a majority stake in the Leeds Tykes rugby club, renaming it Leeds Carnegie.

It was composed of a president, a vice-president, a vice-chancellor, and 18 councillors, who were all chosen and paid by the Emperor, with the exception of the vice-chancellor, who was appointed by the Elector of Mainz.

In many cathedral churches are additional dignitaries, as the praelector, subdean, vice-chancellor, succentor-canonicorum, and others, whose roles came into existence to supply the places of the other absent dignitaries, for non-residence was the fatal blot of the secular churches, and in this they contrasted very badly with the monastic churches, where all the members were in continuous residence.

Upon the resignation of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard on 1 December 1966, a grand coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats had governed West Germany under Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger ( CDU ) with SPD chairman Willy Brandt as vice-chancellor and foreign minister.

From this time he was inseparably associated with Catherine in all important diplomatic affairs, though officially he was the subordinate of the vice-chancellor, Count Ivan Osterman.

He was warden of New College and vice-chancellor of Oxford University until July 1618, and he held the living of Stanton St John along with his bishopric until his death.

The Victorian government announced on 30 August 2011 that this application had been approved and on 1 January 2012 the college became known as the " MCD University of Divinity ", with Peter Sherlock appointed as its inaugural vice-chancellor.

In 1877 he was offered the post of vice-chancellor with a seat in the Prussian ministry, but refused it because Bismarck or the king would not agree to his conditions.

He stunned the vice-chancellor by informing him that war would soon begin in Europe and that when it did, he would be heading home to enlist in the army.

Tien spent his entire career at Berkeley, except for 1988 – 90 when he was executive vice-chancellor of UC Irvine.

In 1953 he was replaced by Professor Philip Baxter, who continued on as vice-chancellor when this position's title was changed in 1955. provided a firm base for the energetic corporatism and campus enhancements pursued by the subsequent Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland ( 1992 – 2002 ).

Bestuzhev's chance came when the empress Elizabeth, immediately after her accession ( 6 December 1741 ), summoned him back to court and appointed him vice-chancellor.

Application was made on her behalf to the Queens Bench Division for a writ of habeas corpus, and when the application came on it appeared that there had been a technical irregularity ( the prisoner not having been formally charged when brought before the vice-chancellor ); so the writ was granted and the prisoner released.

It was not surprising that when vice-chancellor Francis arrived in Akure on 1 January 1982 he was given only a room in the establishment wing of the polytechnic as his office.

He was named vice-chancellor when Ralph de Warneville became Chancellor of England, which occurred in 1173.

In 1985, Grace Alele-Williams became Nigeria's first female vice-chancellor when she was appointed to head the University of Benin.

* Carmen Villanueva ( Llum Barrera ) – A college professor, and the daughter of the vice-chancellor, she meets Emilio when he attends one of her classes and they start a relationship.

Of the ten Australians appointed since 1965, Lord Casey, Sir Paul Hasluck and Bill Hayden were former federal parliamentarians ; Sir John Kerr was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ; Sir Ninian Stephen and Sir William Deane were appointed from the bench of the High Court ; Sir Zelman Cowen was a vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland and constitutional lawyer ; Peter Hollingworth was the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane ; and Major-General Michael Jeffery was a retired military officer and former Governor of Western Australia.

At Oxford the vice-chancellor, following papal directions, confined the Reformer for some time in Black Hall, from which Wycliffe was released on threats from his friends ; the vice-chancellor was himself confined in the same place because of his treatment of Wycliffe.

In Spain, Rector or Rector Magnífico ( magnific rector, from Latin Rector Magnificus ) is the highest administrative and educational office in a university, equivalent to that of President or Chancellor of an English-speaking university, but holding all the powers of a vice-chancellor ; they are thus the head of the academi in Universities.

In 1569, Cartwright was appointed Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at Cambridge ; but John Whitgift, on becoming vice-chancellor, deprived him of the post in December 1570, and — as master of Trinity — of his fellowship in September 1571.

He was especially anxious that the Medicean manuscript at Florence should be collated for the new edition, and offered to undertake the collation ; but the syndics refused the offer, the vice-chancellor John Torkington, master of Clare Hall, observing that Porson might collect his manuscripts at home.

Consequently, it became not unusual to place the personal custody of the great seal in the hands of a vice-chancellor or keeper ; this, too, was the practice followed during a temporary vacancy in the chancellorship.

Upon receiving the mandamus John Pechell, the master of Magdalene College, who was vice-chancellor, sent a messenger to the Duke of Albemarle, the chancellor, to request him to get the mandamus recalled ; and the registrary and the bedell waited upon Francis to offer him instant admission to the degree if only he would take the necessary oaths.

The first chancellor was physicist Larry Domash ; David Orme Johnson was the vice-chancellor.

If occasion arose the proctor could arrest a suspected woman and have her taken to the Spinning House ( for which Thomas Hobson the carrier had left an endowment ); the next day the woman was brought before the vice-chancellor, who had power to commit her to the Spinning House ; as a general rule the sentence was not for a longer period than three weeks.

On 15 Feb. 1813 he strongly protested against the bill for the creation of a vice-chancellor, the effect of which he maintained would be to make the lord chancellor a political rather than a judicial character ; and on 31 May 1815 he strenuously opposed Lord Althorp's motion for an inquiry into the expenditure of £ 100, 000 granted by parliament for the outfit of the Prince Regent.

In the following year he was made Dean of Peterborough, and moved there ; but he returned to Cambridge on being appointed vice-chancellor in November 1662.

In 1882 Hunter, as a member of the governor-general's council, presided over the commission on Indian Education ; in 1886 he was elected vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta.

Miranda House Hostel was founded in 1948 by the vice-chancellor, Sir Maurice Gwyer ; its foundation stone was laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten on March 7 the same year.

* Alan Pettigrew – Scientist ; former vice-chancellor of the University of New England ( 2006-2009 ), formerly ( to 2005 ) chief executive officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council

He was successively bursar and dean of Queens ', culminating in becoming vice-president in 1551, and was five times vice-chancellor of the university ; but he owes his notoriety to his remarkable versatility, and, like the Vicar of Bray, he was always faithful to the national religion, whatever it might be.