Can the vicar general ordain men into the priesthood?

[mrspk]

My bishop has been named the new archbishop in another state. At present we have no bishop and two seminarians who were supposed to be ordained this month. A lay person said that the vicar general could do the ordination. I disagree. Who is right?
I will see this person this Friday.

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

Code of Canon Law:

Can. 1012 The minister of sacred ordination is a consecrated bishop.

Catechism:

1576 Since the sacrament of Holy Orders is the sacrament of the apostolic ministry, it is for the bishops as the successors of the apostles to hand on the “gift of the Spirit,” the “apostolic line.” Validly ordained bishops, i.e., those who are in the line of apostolic succession, validly confer the three degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders.

Only a Bishop can ordain someone. If the Vicar General is a Bishop then he has the power from his episcopal ordination to ordain other men. If the Vicar General is a priest then, while he may act with certain administrative authorities of the bishop, he cannot confer the sacrament of holy orders.