QUASI-DIOCESES. — With this term, which is not found in the Code or in official documents, some authors refer to missions *sui iuris*, apostolic prefectures, and apostolic vicariates. The name is suggested by the analogy with quasi-parishes.
BIBL.: S. Paventi, *La Chiesa missionaria. Manuale di missionologia dottrinale*, Rome 1949, pp. 19-21. Saverio Paventi