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. 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 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 one day.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo is one of five Latin Metropolitan Archdioceses in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Archdiocese of Monrovia is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Liberia. It was elevated to an archdiocese in December 1981. It was initially established as the Prefecture Apostolic of Liberia in 1903, being separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone. Until Saturday, February 12, 2011, the Archdiocese of Monrovia had been headed by Michael Kpakala Francis, who had been Monrovia's archbishop since its elevation in 1981, but Vatican Information Service (VIS) stated that he resigned that day for reasons of age and was succeeded immediately by his Coadjutor Archbishop, Lewis Jerome Zeigler.
The Diocese of Hearst–Moosonee is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario. The diocese was erected on 3 December 2018 through the unification of the Diocese of Hearst and the Diocese of Moosonee. The Diocese of Hearst evolved from the Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Ontario erected on 18 April 1919. The Diocese of Hearst–Moonosee is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall.
The Ethiopian Catholic Archeparchy of Addis Abeba, officially the Metropolitan sui iuris Archeparchy of Addis Abeba is the metropolitan see of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, a sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville is the Metropolitan See of the Latin Ecclesiastical province covering all Gabon.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kananga is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The episcopal cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint Joseph Mikalayi in Kazumba. The Pro-cathédrale Saint Clément is in Kananga.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri, one of four in Kenya, Eastern Africa, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia is a Roman Catholic Latin apostolic vicariate in the eastern half of Anatolia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate in central Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in the city of Sodo in Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru. Its cathedra is located in the episcopal see of Puerto Maldonado.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Antsirabe is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Institute of Consolata Missionaries, commonly called the Consolata Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. Its members add the nominal I.M.C. after their names to indicate membership in the Institute.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna is a Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Jimma–Bonga is a Roman Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction in southwestern Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Prefecture of Endeber was a short-lived (1940-1951) Latin Church missionary jurisdiction named after the town of Endeber in western Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou is the last Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Gabon, Equatorial Africa, as the rest of the country forms the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville. The vicariate is directly under authority of the Holy See and its Dicastery for Evangelization.
Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M. is the serving Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia.
