• 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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    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 3...
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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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  • 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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    (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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    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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    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 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal...
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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 Misurata is a Latin Church missionary territory or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in Misurata, Libya. It is exempt...
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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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  • 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 Endeber was a short-lived (1940-1951) Latin Church missionary jurisdiction named after the town of Endeber in western Ethiopia...
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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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    from 1904 the "Prefecture Apostolic of Benadir", and entrusted to the ancient Trinitarian Order. In 1927, it was promoted to Apostolic Vicariate. 1904:...
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    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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    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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  • The Apostolic Prefecture of Zhaotong is an Apostolic Prefecture (Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction, not entitled to a titular bishop), of the...
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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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  • 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 Gondar was a pre-diocesan Christian missionary jurisdiction with its ecclesiastical seat in Gondar, Ethiopia. It existed from...
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  • The Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the PR China, near Beijing and Baoding. On 1929.05.25, the...
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    subject to the Holy See. The Apostolic Prefecture of Iceland was created in 1923 and this was elevated to an Apostolic Administration in 1929, which...
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  • The Apostolic Prefecture of Guilin is a Roman Catholic Prefecture that has jurisdiction over Catholics within the Guilin region of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous...
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