Msgr. Michael Padazinski, JCD, chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Larkspur, has been elected vice president-elect of the Canon Law Society of America, a professional organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and application of canon law in the Catholic Church. Elected to a three-year term at the society's annual convention, Msgr. Padazinski will serve successive years as vice president, president and past president.