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 Apostolic Vicariate of Gambella is a Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the western part of Ethiopia.
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 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 Pretoria is a Latin Catholic archdiocese and the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau is a suffragan Latin rite diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Juba which cover all and only South Sudan, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bangassou is a suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangui, which covers all and only the Central African Republic, yet dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Berbérati is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui, both in the Central African Republic. However it remains under the authority of the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keetmanshoop is a suffragan diocese in the Latin rite Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Windhoek in Namibia, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tsiroanomandidy is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Antananarivo in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Morondava is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Toliara, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti is the Latin sole diocese in the country of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate in central Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in Nekemte, Ethiopia.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Donkorkrom is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in Eastern Ghana.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction covering the Sulu and Tawi-Tawi provinces in southern Philippines.
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.
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