The Chancellor is to perform the canonical duties outlined in Canon Law. Beyond the canonical requirements of the office, the Chancellor is responsible for other administrative duties as assigned by the Bishop.
Msgr. Robert R. Cannon
Chancellor
cannon@dioceseofvenice.org
Cheryl Giordano
Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor
giordano@dioceseofvenice.org
From Canon Law
THE CHANCELLOR, OTHER NOTARIES, AND THE ARCHIVES
Can. 482 §1. In every curia a chancellor is to be appointed whose principal function, unless particular law establishes otherwise, is to take care that acts of the curia are gathered, arranged, and safeguarded in the archive of the curia.
§2. If it seems necessary, the chancellor can be given an assistant whose title is to be vice-chancellor.
§3. By reason of being chancellor and vice-chancellor they are notaries and secretaries of the curia.
Can. 483 §1. Besides the chancellor, other notaries can be appointed whose writing or signature establishes authenticity for any acts, for judicial acts only, or for acts of a certain case or affair only.
§2. The chancellor and notaries must be of unimpaired reputation and above all suspicion. In cases in which the reputation of a priest can be called into question, the notary must be a priest.
