An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta (redirect from Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia)
Established on 8 May 1807 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean....
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Ulaanbaatarensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin apostolic prefecture (pre-diocesan...
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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in the Marshall Islands. The apostolic prefecture is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical...
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1952 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mountain Province, later elevated to an apostolic vicariate in 1948. It was later renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate...
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established on 16 September 1913 as Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands, on territory split from what was then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Archdiocese...
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as the Apostolic Prefecture of Neghelli, on Ethiopian territories split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Galla and Apostolic Prefecture of Kaffa...
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not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often a promotion for a former apostolic prefecture, while either may have started out as...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Hainan is a pre-diocesan missionary Latin jurisdiction of the Catholic Church covering the Chinese province of Hainan, which...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Dessié was a Roman Catholic Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction, with its seat in the north-central town of Dessie...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Robe is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in part of Ethiopia, East Africa. It is exempt, i.e. directly...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber was a short-lived (1940-1951) Latin Church missionary jurisdiction named after the town of Endeber in western Ethiopia...
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the figure of Town Clerk. Look up prefecture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Apostolic prefecture County Prefectures of China Politics of the People's...
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with the entire country forming a single apostolic prefecture, originally administered by the Apostolic Prefecture of Spanish Sahara and Ifni which was founded...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Mardin was a short-lived Latin Church missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church centered in Mardin, in southern...
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List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (section Albanian Greek Catholic Church (Apostolic Administration))
and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Lausitz (Lusatia) was a missionary pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Lusatia (in German Lausitz}, today in the northeastern...
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Byrne, former apostolic delegate to Seoul from 1947 to 1950, became its first apostolic prefect. The prefecture was elevated to apostolic vicariate in...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Yueyang is Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church with seat in Yueyang, Hunan province, central China. It is...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Xining is a Latin Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction in western China covering the province of Qinghai. It is exempt, i.e....
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current Apostolic Palace. In the 15th century, the palace was placed under the authority of a prefect. This position of apostolic prefecture lasted from...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung (redirect from Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung)
(Java). 20 April 1932: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (on Java, then Dutch...
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seat the prefecture used to be called alternatively the Apostolic Prefecture of the Two Lusatias (Upper and Lower Lusatia) or Apostolic Prefecture of Bautzen...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang (redirect from Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land)
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The...
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The Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture (or Prefecture Apostolic) of Kwango was a mission territory in Central Africa set up at the end of the nineteenth...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Gondar was a pre-diocesan Christian missionary jurisdiction with its ecclesiastical seat in Gondar, Ethiopia. It existed from...
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Catholic Church in Nepal (redirect from Apostolic Prefecture of Nepal)
iuris covering Nepal was created, and in 1996 it was raised to an Apostolic Prefecture. The 1990 Nepali constitution did not guarantee religious freedom...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Shiqian (Shihtsien, Guizhou) is a Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in PR China. It is exempt...
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in Misurata, Libya. It is exempt...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching (redirect from Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak)
erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak by Pope Pius XI on 5 February 1927, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo...
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