An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it usually has an (embryonal) see, it is often not called after such city but rather after a natural or administrative geographical area.
The Catholic Church in South Africa is part of the worldwide Catholic Church composed of the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, of which the South African church is under the spiritual leadership of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference and the Pope in Rome. It is made up of 26 dioceses and archdioceses plus an apostolic vicariate.
The Diocese of Copenhagen is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church named after its episcopal see, the Danish national capital, Copenhagen and covers all Denmark. As in neighbouring provinces, none of the pre-Reformation bishoprics were re-established after Lutheranism became the new official state church in the 16th century). The diocese also covers two Danish overseas possessions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is estimated that 36,000 (0.7%) out of the 5,516,597 inhabitants of the diocesan territory are Catholics.
The Archdiocese of Kinshasa is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the capital city of Kinshasa and surrounding districts. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa. The current archbishop is Fridolin Ambongo Besungu.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Cape Town, in the south-western part of South Africa. The archdiocese's motherchurch and its archbishop's see is the cathedral of St. Mary of the Flight into Egypt, who is also the archbishopric's patron.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nouna is a diocese located in the city of Nouna in the Ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang is a diocese located in the cities of Doumé and Abong’ Mbang in the Ecclesiastical province of Bertoua in Cameroon.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keimoes–Upington is a diocese located in the city of Keimoes–Upington in the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley is a diocese of the Catholic Church based in the city of Kimberly in the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The seat of the bishop is the Cathedral of St. Mary in Kimberley.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad is a diocese located in the city of Kroonstad in the Ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The present ordinary is Bishop Peter Holiday.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kokstad is a diocese located in the city of Kokstad in the Ecclesiastical province of Durban in South Africa.
The Diocese of Cape Palmas is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Liberia. Its episcopal see is Cape Palmas. The Diocese of Cape Palmas is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monrovia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aliwal is a diocese located in the city of Aliwal North in the Ecclesiastical province of Eastern Cape in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth is a diocese located in the city of Port Elizabeth in the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown is a diocese located in the town of Queenstown in the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Town in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Witbank is a diocese located in the city of Witbank in the ecclesiastical province of Johannesburg in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kikwit is a diocese located in the city of Kikwit in the Ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qingdao/Tsingtao is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jinan.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Heliopolis was a Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Latin Church in northern Egypt.
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