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