• 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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    The Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Istanbulensis) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Istanbul, Turkey...
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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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  • archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates...
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    the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846, by Pope Gregory XVI, and its name was later changed by Pope Pius IX to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern...
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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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  • sequence of development is: independent mission, apostolic prefecture, apostolic vicariate, apostolic diocese; however steps may be skipped at the papal...
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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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    the Apostolic Vicariate of Liaotung 遼東, on 1839.09.03 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Shantung 山東 and on 1856.04.02 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate...
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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 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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    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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    The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Meridionalis) (Arabic: النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية) is an...
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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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    Dominicans and Augustinians. In 1637, the Holy See established the Apostolic Vicariate of Idalcan, also called Bijapur or Deccan, on vast territory split...
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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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    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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    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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    The Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Tripolitanus) is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic...
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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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    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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  • Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Transvaal from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal September 16, 1904: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Transvaal...
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    vicariates. In the Philippines, the apostolic vicariates are: Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan Apostolic Vicariate...
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    establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Cheongju and the Apostolic Vicariate of Daijeon, and on 6 June 1961, it lost again to make the Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon...
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  • The Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern District may refer to: Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District (England), a precursor name for the Roman Catholic...
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    is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The vicar apostolic of the...
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    Vicariate is reflected in the impressive church dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary that was completed in 1923 as the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate...
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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 Vicariate Apostolic of Athabasca (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Athabascensis) was a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface...
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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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