Sui iuris (/ˈsuːaɪ ˈdʒʊərɪs/ or /ˈsuːi ˈjurɪs/), also spelled sui juris, is a Latin phrase that literally means "of one's own right". It is used in both...

the canon law of the Catholic Church, a mission sui iuris (Latin: missio sui iuris, pl. missions sui iuris), also known as an independent mission, can be...

Particular churches exist in two kinds: An autonomous particular church sui iuris: an aggregation of particular churches with distinct liturgical, spiritual...

The Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Funafutinum) is a Catholic Latin mission sui juris (pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction) in...

The Mission sui iuris of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Latin: Missio sui iuris Sanctae Helenae, Ascensionis et Tristanensis) is part of...

The Mission sui iuris of Afghanistan (Latin: Missio sui juris Afghanistaniensis) is the sui iuris mission of Afghanistan under direct jurisdiction of...

The Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Tokelaunum) in Tokelau is a suffragan mission of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese...

100 people, with 4 priests and 8 nuns across two parishes. This Mission sui iuris (pre-diocesan jurisdiction, also known as Independent Mission) for the...

Greek Catholic Church or the Byzantine Catholic Church in Hungary is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Hungary. As a particular...

small number of cardinals belong to one of the twenty-three autonomous (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Churches. At present, there are six Eastern Catholic...

history and development of Western civilization. The church consists of 24 sui iuris churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches...

jurisdiction) of Caroline Islands, uniting the Mission sui iuris of Eastern Carolines and Mission sui iuris of Western Carolines, both of which had been split...

also known in the United States as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Eastern Europe and North...

governed by its own particular code, the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The 23 sui iuris Churches which collectively make up the Eastern Catholic Churches had...

The Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan is a Roman Catholic (Latin Church) mission sui iuris (pre-diocesan jurisdiction) for the Catholics of Turkmenistan...

The Mission sui iuris of Turks and Caicos (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Turcensium et Caicensium) is a mission sui iuris of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic...

missionary, was chosen to succeed him. Ecclesiastical Superior of the mission sui iuris Marshall Islands Father Bruno Schinxe, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart...

or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the...

local nationals. On 16 May 2002, Pope John Paul II established a mission sui iuris for Afghanistan with Giuseppe Moretti as its first superior, presently...

pater familias were independent by law (sui iuris) but had a male guardian appointed to them. A woman sui iuris had the right to take legal action on her...

Latin Rite may refer to: The Latin Church, a sui iuris church of the Catholic Church The Latin liturgical rites, a family of Christian rites and uses...

indigenous autonomous "sui iuris" ruler or tribal chief. Examples of some ancient families that hold the title of "sui iuris" sheikh is the Al-Chemor...

the specific laws and customs of their sui iuris church. Eastern metropolitans who head a metropolitan sui iuris church have much greater authority within...

Tashkent. On September 29, 1997, the Holy See established the Mission sui iuris of Uzbekistan on territory split off from the then Apostolic Administration...

The Eritrean Catholic Church or Eritrean Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church based in Eritrea. As a particular...

Eritreans, is the metropolitan see of the Eritrean Catholic Church, a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church whose territory corresponds to that of the State...

The Missio(n) sui iuris of Gazireh was a short-lived (1935-53) Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction sui iuris in part of Asian Turkey, based...

لكنيسة المارونية‎; Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic...

Addis Abeba, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Abeba (Latin: Metropolitana sui iuris archieparchia Neanthopolitana) is the metropolitan...

The Latin Church (Latin: Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute...