• An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where...
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    Pope Leo XII established the Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands, a part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania. He tasked the Picpus...
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    044694; 28.985389 The Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Istanbulensis) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Istanbul...
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    Cathedral, Bangkok. In 1662, the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam was created on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochinchina, based in Vietnam...
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  • archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates...
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    named the Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska (1894–1917), the Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska (1917–1951), and the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Alaska (1951–1962)...
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  • sequence of development is: independent mission, apostolic prefecture, apostolic vicariate, apostolic diocese; however steps may be skipped at the papal...
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    become the Apostolic Vicariate of Marianne, Caroline and Marshall Islands on 4 May 1923. It changed its name to become the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroline...
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  • prefectures, or vicariates apostolic. This is what occurred in the Dutch Republic. The Holland Mission started when the apostolic vicariate was erected by...
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    Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa Apostolic Vicariate of Requena Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón Apostolic Vicariate of...
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    a publication now in the public domain: Thomas Kennedy (1913). "Vicariate Apostolic of New Pomerania". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia...
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    (1549–1582), Priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of England Richard Gwyn – (1537–1584), Married Layperson of the Apostolic Vicariate of England Margaret Clitherow...
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    Ratchathani Udon Thani The archdiocese traces its origin back to the Vicariate Apostolic of Laos, which was established on May 4, 1899, responsible for all...
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  • Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia may refer to the following missionary Roman Catholic jurisdictions: Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (Holland) Apostolic...
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    The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church located in the Province...
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    Church, located in Norway. Before March 1979, it was known as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Norway. Erik Varden was appointed the bishop in 2019....
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    the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Province, later elevated to an apostolic vicariate in 1948. It was later renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Baguio...
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    The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Meridionalis) (Arabic: النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية) is an...
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    eparchies. Also in Ethiopia are nine Latin jurisdictions (Apostolic Vicariates and Apostolic Prefectures), which, not being of diocesan rank, are not organized...
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    September 1848, the city was the seat of a short-lived Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) of Kokonur (alias Khouhkou-noor...
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    Apostolic of Scotland, which in 1694 was elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland. On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into two Vicariates Apostolic...
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    in Rome) Bishops should not be transferred to another diocese An Apostolic vicariate (missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, entitled to a titular bishop)...
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    British Somaliland was under the care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia, like the Apostolic Vicariate of the Galla (including French Somaliland as...
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    the college from 1887 to 1889. In 1887, Pope Leo XIII erected the Apostolic Vicariate of Utah and Eastern Nevada, taking its territory from the Archdiocese...
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  • Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Germany (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Germaniae Septentrionalis), known for most of its existence as the Vicariate Apostolic...
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    along the Malabar Coast in India. It was originally formed as the Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar in 1657 and became a metropolitan see in 1886. Verapoly...
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  • that lasted until 1827: Apostolic Vicariate of the Lowland District Apostolic Vicariate of the Highland District Apostolic Vicariate of the Eastern District...
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    The Catholic Church in Cameroon is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are almost ten million...
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    part of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Nordic Missions and the German Paderborn bishops functioned as administrators of the apostolic vicariate. In 1781...
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    The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Anatoliensis, Turkish: Anadolu Havarisel Vekilliği) is a Roman Catholic Latin apostolic...
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