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Apostolic vicariate

January 26, 2023

See also: Catholic Church hierarchy § Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law

An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more. The hope is that the region will generate sufficient numbers of Catholics for the Church to create a diocese. In turn, the status of apostolic vicariate is often a promotion for a former apostolic prefecture, while either may have started out as a mission sui iuris.

It is exempt, directly subject to the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples of the Vatican in Rome. Like the stage of apostolic prefecture which often precedes it, the vicariate is not part of an ecclesiastical province. It is intended to mature in developing Catholic members until it can be promoted to (usually suffragan) diocese.

The Eastern Catholic counterpart is an (apostolic, patriarchal, or archiepiscopal) exarchate.

Institution

An apostolic vicariate is led by a vicar apostolic, who is usually a titular bishop. While such a territory can be classed as a particular Church, according to canon 371.1 of the Latin Code of Canon Law, a vicar apostolic's jurisdiction is an exercise of the jurisdiction of the Pope — the territory comes directly under the pope as "universal bishop", and the pope exercises this authority through a "vicar". This is unlike the jurisdiction of a diocesan bishop, whose jurisdiction derives directly from his office.

Like any ecclesiastical jurisdiction, an apostolic vicariate may be administered by the bishop of a neighbouring diocese, or by a priest appointed transitionally as an apostolic administrator. As in a regular diocese, the vicar apostolic may appoint priests as vicars exercising limited jurisdiction over the apostolic vicariate. Normally, a titular bishop is appointed to administer the apostolic vicariate. When someone who does not qualify or has not been ordained as bishop is appointed ad interim, he may be styled Pro-apostolic vicar.

An apostolic vicariate is to be distinguished from an apostolic prefecture, a similar type of territory whose chief distinction from an apostolic vicariate is that its prefect is not a titular bishop, but a priest. The prefecture is not considered organised enough to be elevated to apostolic vicariate. The less developed instance is the mission sui iuris, which other than the ones mentioned before is not a particular church, although it shares some similarities to one; at its head, an ecclesiastical superior is named. The usual sequence of development is mission, apostolic prefecture, apostolic vicariate, and finally diocese (or even archdiocese). See also apostolic exarch for an Eastern Catholic counterpart.

The apostolic vicariate is distinguished from a territorial abbacy (or "abbey nullius") — an area not a diocese but under the direction of the abbot of a monastery.

Starting in 2019, new Vicars Apostolic, although they are (or become) bishops, are no longer assigned titular sees.

List

Current apostolic vicariates

Africa

The Americas

Asia

Europe

Historical apostolic vicariates

(incomplete)

Inactive apostolic vicariates (and/or former names, often promoted to diocese) are in italics. Eastern Catholic (mostly Byzantine Rite) apostolic vicariates are in bold.

Africa

The Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

See also

References

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Seoul". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 20 August 2015.[self-published source]

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apostolic vicariates.
  • List of current Apostolic Vicariates at GCatholic.org (regularly refreshed)

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Vicariate of Ingwavuma South Africa Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo Kenya Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou in Gabon Apostolic Vicariate of Meki Ethiopia Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo Chad Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte Ethiopia Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues Mauritius Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu Namibia Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo Ethiopia Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli LibyaThe Americas Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of Aysen Chile Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri Bolivia Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni Venezuela Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo Paraguay Apostolic Vicariate of Darien Panama Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni Bolivia Apostolic Vicariate of El Peten Guatemala Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Inirida Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos Peru Apostolic Vicariate of Jaen in Peru San Francisco Javier Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Mendez Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of Mitu Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Napo Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of Nuflo de Chavez Bolivia Apostolic Vicariate of Pando Bolivia Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo Paraguay Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa Peru Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho Venezuela Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Carreno Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitan Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguizamo Solano Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado Peru Apostolic Vicariate of Puyo Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of Requena Peru Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes Bolivia Apostolic Vicariate of San Andres y Providencia Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose de Amazonas Peru Apostolic Vicariate of San Miguel de Sucumbios Ecuador Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramon Peru Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Trinidad Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Tucupita Venezuela Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas Peru Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora EcuadorAsia Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo Syria Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia Turkey Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut Lebanon Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc Lagawe Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam Brunei Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Luang Prabang Laos Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal Nepal Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia Kuwait Qatar Bahrain amp Saudi Arabia Apostolic Vicariate of Pakse Laos Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh Cambodia Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta Pakistan Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet Laos Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia Oman United Arab Emirates amp Yemen Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay Philippines Apostolic Vicariate of Vientiane LaosEurope Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki Greece Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul TurkeyHistorical apostolic vicariates Edit incomplete Inactive apostolic vicariates and or former names often promoted to diocese are in italics Eastern Catholic mostly Byzantine Rite apostolic vicariates are in bold Africa Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi Nigeria Apostolic Vicariate of the Congo Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo or Lower Congo Apostolic Vicariate of Francistown Botswana Apostolic Vicariate of Kamerun Cameroon Apostolic Vicariate of Kenia Kenya Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Orange South Africa Apostolic Vicariate of Kontagora Nigeria Apostolic Vicariate of Mauritius Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Victoria Nyanza Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia Apostolic Vicariate of Shire Apostolic Vicariate of Sudan or Central Africa Apostolic Vicariate of UnyanyembeThe Americas Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Alaska Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose de Amazonas Apostolic Vicariate of Athabasca Apostolic Vicariate of Beni Apostolic Vicariate of Bluefields Nicaragua Apostolic Vicariate of Casanare Apostolic Vicariate of Dakota Territory Apostolic Vicariate of Goajira Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal Guatemala Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin Apostolic Vicariate of Limon Costa Rica Apostolic Vicariate of Lower California Apostolic Vicariate of Machiques Venezuela Apostolic Vicariate of Marysville Apostolic Vicariate of Mackenzie Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo Uruguay erected 1830 promoted to Diocese 1878 Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska United States Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Minnesota Apostolic Vicariate of Riohacha Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Maranon renamed Yurimaguas Peru Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose del Guaviare Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguan Colombia Apostolic Vicariate of Iles Saint Pierre et Miquelon Saint Pierre et Miquelon in 2018 merged to Diocese of La Rochelle and Sainte Apostolic Vicariate of Sucumbios Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali Peru was suppressed in 1956 by erection of three new vicariates Asia Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Amoy Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia Indonesia Apostolic Vicariate of Changanacherry India Apostolic Vicariate of Ernakulam Apostolic Vicariate of Kiang nan China Apostolic Vicariate of Korea 1 Apostolic Vicariate of Kottayam Apostolic Vicariate of Lhassa Apostolic Vicariate of Madras India Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Kan Su China Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shan Si China Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Shantung China Apostolic Vicariate of Patna India Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shan Si China Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shan Tung China Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Shen Si China Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur IndiaEurope Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Bosnia former Ottoman Empire Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople former Ottoman Empire Apostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar Apostolic Vicariate of Herzegovina former Ottoman Empire Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia former Ottoman Empire Apostolic Vicariate of Marca Croatia Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany Apostolic Vicariate of Scotland UK Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace former Ottoman EmpireOceania Edit Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen Apostolic Vicariate of Central Oceania Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji Apostolic Vicariate of the Gilbert Islands Apostolic Vicariate of Marquesas Islands Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania Apostolic Vicariate of Oriental Oceania Apostolic Vicariate of Sandwich Islands Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti Apostolic Vicariate of Western OceaniaSee also Edit Catholicism portalList of Catholic dioceses alphabetical List of Catholic dioceses structured view List of Catholic archdioceses List of Catholic military ordinariates dioceses List of Catholic apostolic administrations List of Catholic exarchates List of Catholic apostolic prefectures List of Catholic territorial prelatures List of Catholic missions sui jurisReferences Edit Cheney David M Archdiocese of Seoul catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 20 August 2015 self published source External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apostolic vicariates List of current Apostolic Vicariates at GCatholic org regularly refreshed Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Apostolic vicariate amp oldid 1095271919, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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