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 Diocese of Udon Thani is in northeast Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng.
The Catholic Church in Bolivia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism was introduced in the 1530s and the first diocese was established in 1552. Evangelization among the Indians bore much fruit from the mid-18th to early 19th century, resuming again in 1840. The country declared independence from Spain in 1825.
The Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort Smith is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that includes the Northwest Territories, the northern extremity of Saskatchewan and the extreme west of the Territory of Nunavut in Canada. Bishop Jon Hansen,C.Ss.R. currently serves as Bishop of Mackenzie – Fort Smith, Canada.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Matadi is a diocese located in the city of Matadi in the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Archdiocese of Nagasaki is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Nagasaki in Japan.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arauca is a diocese located in the city of Arauca in the ecclesiastical province of Nueva Pamplona in Colombia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mocoa–Sibundoy is a diocese located in the cities of Mocoa and Sibundoy in the ecclesiastical province of Florencia in Colombia.
The Diocese of Oslo is an exempt Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Oslo in Norway.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Istanbul, Turkey. Its territory encompasses the northwestern region of the country. The current Vicar Apostolic is Mgr Massimiliano Palinuro.
Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R., was the Catholic bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia.
The Military Bishopric of Chile is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Chilean Armed Forces and their families.
The Military Bishopric of Peru is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Peruvian Armed Forces and their families.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Camiri is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Bolivia. Its cathedra is found in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in the episcopal see of Camiri.
The Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni is a Latin Church missionary ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate. As an exempt territory, it is not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedra is in the Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, in the episcopal see of Trinidad in Bolivia's Amazonian interior.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Mitú is a Latin pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Colombia.
The Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Carreño in the Catholic Church is located in the city of Puerto Carreño in Colombia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo is an apostolic vicariate and is immediately subject to the Holy See and its missionary Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.
Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez was a Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop.
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