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An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese, or is a diocese, archdiocese, eparchy or similar permanent ordinariate that either has no bishop or archbishop or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated (arch)bishop. The title also applies to an outgoing (arch)bishop while awaiting for the date of assuming his new position.
The Archdiocese of Grouard–McLennan is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada and the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province for the Roman Catholic Church in northwestern Canada.
The Archdiocese of Lipa is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising the civil province of Batangas. Its cathedral is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian located in Lipa, Batangas. First created on April 10, 1910 from the Archdiocese of Manila, the diocese was elevated into its present status on June 20, 1972. Today, the Archdiocese of Lipa's ecclesiastical province covers Batangas and the suffragan territories in the civil provinces of Quezon, Marinduque, and Aurora. The archdiocese itself is divided into 14 vicariates forane further comprising a total of 65 parishes.
The Archdiocese of Port Moresby is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea. Its cathedral is in St. Mary's Cathedral, in Port Moresby, National Capital District.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alotau-Sideia is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby, yet remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Missions Propaganda Fide.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea.
The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.
The Archdiocese of Calabar is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. Its archepiscopal see is Calabar, Cross River State. The Archbishop of Calabar is metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province with four suffragan dioceses: the Dioceses of Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, and Uyo.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro is the Metropolitan See for the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro, in the western part of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gulu in Uganda.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Mwanza in Tanzania.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tabora is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Tabora in Tanzania.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe is the Roman Catholic archdiocese located in Lilongwe in Malawi. Before its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011, it had belonged to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Blantyre. The Maula Cathedral is located in the town of Lilongwe.
The Archdiocese of Johannesburg is the a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dodoma is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania located in the city of Dodoma.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanchang is an archdiocese based in the city of Nanchang in China.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jayapura is a diocese located in the city of Jayapura in the ecclesiastical province of Merauke in Indonesia.
