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.
El-Obeid, also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kurdufan, in Sudan.
The Archdiocese of Anchorage–Juneau is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, in southern Alaska in the United States. The archdiocese has a single suffragan diocese, the Diocese of Fairbanks.
Gabriel Zubeir Wako is a Sudanese Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Khartoum from 1979 to 2016. He was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
The Catholic Church in Greece is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Indigenous Roman Catholic Greeks numbered about 50,000-70,000 in 2022 and were a religious and not an ethnic minority. Most of them are a remnant of Venetian and Genoese rule in southern Greece and many Greek islands from the early 13th until the late 18th century, Greeks who converted to Catholicism or descendants of the thousands of Bavarians that came to Greece in the 1830s as soldiers and civil administrators, accompanying King Otto. One very old but still common term to reference to them is Φράγκοι, or "Franks", dating to the times of the Byzantine Empire, when medieval Greeks would use that term to describe all Catholics.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The vicar apostolic of the vicariate is Bishop Aldo Berardi OSsT. It was first established in 1953 and took its current name in 2011.
Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral, one of the largest churches in Kerala, is located in the heart of Thrissur City in the state of Kerala, India. Dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, the Syro-Malabar Catholic church is noted for its imposing interior. The main attraction is an underground shrine, considered a masterpiece of architectural design. Fr John Maliekkal is said to have planned and constructed this church. The exterior of the church features an Indo-European facade with white spires. The centenary of this church was celebrated during the historic visit of Pope John Paul II to Thrissur City in 1986. The cathedral church attracts thousands of pilgrims every month.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum is the Latin Metropolitan archbishopric with See in national capital Khartoum whose Ecclesiastical province, including the suffragan Obeid, covers Sudan.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gulu in Uganda.
The Diocese of Wau is a Latin Church is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in South Sudan. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba, and depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek is a diocese in Rumbek in the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio is a diocese located in the cities of Tumbura and Yambio in the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Malakal is a diocese in Malakal in the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill is a diocese located in the city of Mariannhill in the ecclesiastical province of Durban in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Umtata is a diocese located in the city of Umtata, King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, in the ecclesiastical province of Durban in South Africa.
The Diocese of Baguio is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines comprising the city of Baguio and the province of Benguet on Luzon island in the Philippines. Its see is the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral in Baguio, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region.
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.
The Our Lady Queen of Africa Cathedral or Cathedral of El Obeid is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church, and functions as a cathedral located in the town of El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, in the heart of the African country of Sudan.
Macram Max Gassis was a Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate. He served as bishop of El Obeid from 1988 to 2013.
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