The Apostolic Prefecture of Rhodes and adjacent islands was a Latin Catholic

apostolic prefecture 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 ...

(missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, not entitled to a

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...

) in the Greek Aegean islands.

History

It was established on 14 August 1897 on territory once belonging to the then long-suppressed (but

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...

-turned) historical Metropolitan

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes The Archdiocese of Rhodes ( la, Archidioecesis Rhodiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Greece. The archdiocese is directly exempt to the Holy See and not part of an ecclesiastical province. ...

. It was suppressed on 28 March 1928 to (re)establish on its territory the resurrected, but no longer Metropolitan

, which is also exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See.

Ordinaries

''(all Latin missionary members of the

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(O.F.M.)'' ;''Apostolic Prefects of Rhodes and adjacent islands'' * Andrea Felice da Ienne, O.F.M. (1897.08.31 – 1910) * Ignace Beaufays, O.F.M. (1911.03.27 – ?) * Bonaventura Rossetti, O.F.M. (? – ?); also?

Apostolic Vicar Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Chur ...

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

(1907.08 – ?) * Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. (? – 1928.03.28), later

apostolic administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...

(1928.03.28 – 1929) and Archbishop (1938.03.30 – 1970.03.10) of successor archdiocese

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes and adjacent islands, Apostolic Prefecture Apostolic prefectures Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Dodecanese 1897 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1928 disestablishments in Greece

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