Ecclesiastical Hierarchy

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Apostolic Administrator (AMMINISTRATORE APOSTOLICO) Vol. I, p. 665
APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR. - This is the name given to the ecclesiastic charged by the Holy See with governing, by extraordinary means, a…
Apostolic Prefecture and Apostolic Prefect (PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA E PREFETTO APOSTOLICO) Vol. IX, p. 1145
APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE AND APOSTOLIC PREFECT. - The a. p. is an ecclesiastical territory with fixed boundaries, not erected into a diocese,…
Bishop (VESCOVO) Vol. XII, p. 838
BISHOP. - He is the successor of the Apostles in the ordinary government of individual Churches (v. DIOCESE) under the authority of the…
Gallia Christiana Vol. V, p. 1130
GALLIA CHRISTIANA. - Abbreviated title of the well-known work in 13 folio volumes on the bishoprics of ancient Gaul, published in the 18th…
Hierarchia Catholica Vol. VI, p. 841
HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA. - Title given by the Conventual father C. Eubel (v.) to his critical collection of the chronological episcopal lists…
Italy Sacred (ITALIA SACRA) Vol. VII, p. 330
ITALY SACRED. - Title given by the Cistercian Ferdinando Ughelli (v.), abbot of Sts. Vincent and Anastasius at Aquae Salviae (Rome), to his…
Taktika (TAKTIKÁ) Vol. XI, p. 1034
TAKTIKA. - The expression, deriving from the word taxis (= ordo), was applied to the lists of civil and ecclesiastical dignities (Notitiae…
Vicar Apostolic (VICARIO APOSTOLICO) Vol. XII, p. 865
VICAR APOSTOLIC. - In the history of the Church the name of vicarius appears from the earliest centuries, together with that of missus or…