The Chancellor fulfills the canonical duties of this position by ensuring the documents of the curia are gathered, arranged and safeguarded in the archives, and by recording the ecclesiastical acts, decrees and dispensations issued by the Bishop (c. 482).  The Chancellor is the chief notary, chief secretary and chief archivist of the diocesan curia.  The duties of the Chancellor may also extend to assisting the Bishop and the Diocese in whatever capacity the Bishop chooses.