Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City
Catholic Tribunal Office Judge- Jefferson City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
Get past the screening software and onto a recruiter's desk
hirly rewrites your resume for this job — matching the keywords and skills in the posting, moving your most relevant experience to the top, and writing a cover letter to fit. About 30 seconds.
- Keywords matched to this posting
- Fit score before you apply
- Cover letter included
Matched against 2.7M live jobs from 200,000+ employers in 200+ countries.
Tailor my resume for this job →Apply from your AI assistant
Connect hirly to Claude and ask it to apply to this job. hirly tailors your resume, fills the employer’s form and asks before sending. ChatGPT: manual setup today.
Some employer sites stop an application at a CAPTCHA or sign-in and hand it back with a link. Applying needs a paid plan. Works with any assistant that supports MCP.
hirly's read of this role
- Seniority
- Mid level
- Country
- US
- Work mode
- On-site / unstated
- First seen by hirly
- 26 Sept 2026
Derived automatically from the posting. Upload your resume above to see how the role scores against it.
the posting
Description
The Diocese of Jefferson City is seeking a canonist to serve full-time as Judge, on-site in the Jefferson City chancery office, working cooperatively with Tribunal staff at the direction of the Judicial Vicar. As assigned by the Director of Canonical Services, he/she will advise on canonical matters and prepare drafts of decrees and other canonical documents, as needed.
Essential duties include:
* Serve as primary instructing judge over matrimonial causes in the tribunal
* Ensure tribunal compliance with all procedural law
* Instruct cases, conducting in-person depositions of parties and witnesses
* Write decrees and sentences
* Instruct petitions for the Petrine and Pauline Privileges and dispensations
* Serve as an assessor for penal cases
* Regularly study doctrine and jurisprudence
* Draft Tribunal correspondence
* Translate Rotal documents from Latin, as needed
* Advise the Diocesan Bishop and Vicar General on canonical matters
* Maintain and revise forms, documents, and explanatory material as needed
Requirements
* Five (5) years Tribunal experience preferred
* Licentiate in Canon Law (JCL)
* Must be a Catholic in good standing and adhere to the doctrine and moral teaching of the Church, especially with respect to marriage
* Strong grasp of procedural canon law and knowledge of Rotal jurisprudence
* Competence in reading Latin
* Knowledge of office software
* Internet and email proficiency
* Ability to manage and supervise employees
* Bilingual in Spanish is preferred
Listed on hirly, a job board. hirly is not the employer: Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City is hiring for this role.
Browse similar roles
Want this one?
Upload your resume and hirly rewrites it for this job and writes the cover letter — in about thirty seconds, before you sign up.
Tailor my resume for this job