An Apostolic administration in the

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is administrated by a

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appointed by the

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to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a

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(a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic administration), or is a

, eparchy or similar permanent ordinariate (such as a territorial prelature or a

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) that either has no

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(an apostolic administrator ''

sede vacante ''Sede vacante'' ( in Latin.) is a term for the state of a diocese while without a bishop. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the term is used to refer to the vacancy of the bishop's or Pope's authority upon his death or resignation. Hi ...

'', as after an episcopal death or resignation) or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated bishop (apostolic administrator ''sede plena'').

Characteristics

Apostolic administrators of stable administrations are equivalent in

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with diocesan bishops, meaning they have essentially the same authority as a diocesan bishop. This type of apostolic administrator is usually the bishop of a

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. Administrators ''sede vacante'' or ''sede plena'' only serve in their role until a newly chosen diocesan bishop takes possession of the diocese. They are restricted by canon law in what they can do to the diocese they temporarily administer. For example, such an administrator may not sell

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owned by the diocese. This type of administrator is commonly an auxiliary bishop of the diocese, a priest serving as the

vicar general A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop ...

of the diocese, or the ordinary of a neighboring diocese. Normally when a diocese falls vacant, either the previously appointed

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takes possession of the see or (lacking such successor) a

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is chosen locally, but the Pope, having full governmental power, can preempt this choice and name an apostolic administrator instead. Sometimes a retiring, promoted or transferred (arch)bishop is designated to be apostolic administrator until his successor is designated and takes office, sometimes the Metropolitan or a fellow suffragan is appointed.

Apostolic administrations

In March 2021, there were the following stable apostolic administrations, most administered by a (titular or external) bishop. Most are of the Roman rite; most are in former or current

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countries. *

Apostolic Administration of Atyrau The Apostolic Administration of Atyrau is a pastoral area ''sui iuris'', not yet fully a diocese, in western Kazakhstan which forms part of the Roman Catholic Church in this country, namely of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ma ...

, in

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, suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Astana * Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus, immediately subject to the Holy See, established in 1991 for two predominantly Orthodox former Soviet Republics:

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(the cathedral is in its capital

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

) and

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''O ...

* Apostolic Administration of Estonia, one of the

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; immediately subject to Rome, established in 1924, with its cathedral in the capital

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

* Apostolic Administration of Harbin in the

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, immediately subject to Rome, established in 1935, with a cathedral and a bishop without papal mandate since 2012, recognized from the Holy See in 2018 *

Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan The Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan is a Roman Catholic (Latin Church) Apostolic Administration (pre-diocesan jurisdiction; originally an Independent Mission) for the Catholics of Kyrgyzstan (West Turkistan, Central Asia). It is exempt, i.e. ...

, a mainly Islamic former Soviet Republic in Central Asia; immediately subject to Rome, founded in 1997 as a

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and promoted in 2006 * Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan, predominantly Islamic former Soviet Republic in Central Asia, immediately subject to Rome, founded in 1997 as a mission ''sui juris'' and promoted in 2005. Some apostolic administrations have jurisdiction not only over Latin Rite Catholics, but also over Catholics of other rites, not having their own jurisdictions there: * Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania, with pro-cathedral see at

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, established in 1939 for all Catholics in southern regions of

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, both of

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and

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rites; since 2005, it is

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of the Metropolitan of Tirana–Durrës. Also some apostolic administrations have jurisdiction only over Catholics of the

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, that not having their own jurisdictions there: * Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia for Faithful of Byzantine Rite, with a see in

Karaganda Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astan ...

, for

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

and

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Diocese of Pyongyang

The

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: its last official bishop, Francis Hong Yong-ho, was imprisoned by the communist regime of

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in 1949 and later

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. The Metropolitan

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(South Korea) acts as the Apostolic Administrator in

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, as religion is suppressed in North Korea.

Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney

In addition, the

Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney The Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney ( la, Administratio Apostolica Personalis Sancti Ioannis Mariae Vianney) was established on 18 January 2002 by Pope John Paul II for traditionalist Catholic clergy and laity wit ...

is a non-territorial jurisdiction, similar to a

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, which is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. It is a separate

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for traditionalist Catholics within the Brazilian Diocese of Campos, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Niterói. The personal apostolic administration was formed by Pope John Paul II to administer to a group of traditionalist Catholic priests, using the

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, who reconciled with Rome on January 18, 2002. The group had been formed by bishop

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and had been associated with the

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of Archbishop

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.Apostolic Administration of São João Maria Vianney
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Temporary administration of vacant sees

It is fairly typical that the pope appoints an Apostolic Administrator to a diocese which lacks an ordinary (bishop), thus replacing the

. Usually, the emeritus bishop will be appointed in such a case. Recently (and in exception to the latter), the archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh had

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under this procedure. For example, Luis Antonio Tagle was appointed as Prefect of

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on 9 December 2019, and he took office in February 2020. Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo, the current Auxiliary Bishop of

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, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator.

Michael Yeung Ming-cheung Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (; 1 December 1945 – 3 January 2019) was the eighth Roman Catholic List of Roman Catholic Bishops of Hong Kong, bishop of Hong Kong. He was consecrated on 30 August 2014. Early life Yeung Ming-cheung was born in S ...

, the Bishop of

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died on 3 January 2019. Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop Emeritus, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator. There is also the ability for the Pope to appoint an apostolic administrator sede plena. Anthony Sablan Apuron, the Archbishop of Agana was under investigation for sexual abuse in June 2016.

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appointed Savio Hon Tai-fai as apostolic administrator sede plena, as temporary replacement. On 31 October 2016, Michael J. Byrnes, then Auxiliary Bishop of

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, was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Agana with full administrative authority, and later succeeded as Archbishop.

Former Apostolic administrations

Latin in Europe

Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín The Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín was a short-lived (1947–1978) pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Czechoslovakia. History * Established in 1947 as the Apostolic Administration of Český Těšín (named after the M ...

(Czech Republic) * Apostolic Administration of Drohiczyn (Poland; promoted

Roman Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn The Roman Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn ( la, Drohiczinen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Drohiczyn in the Ecclesiastical province of Białystok in Poland. History * June 5, 1991: Established as Diocese of Drohiczyn from the Diocese ...

) * Apostolic Administration of the Free City of Danzig (

Free City of Danzig The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...

, currently Poland; promoted Diocese of Danzig, later renamed Diocese of Gdańsk and finally promoted

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk The Archdiocese of Gdańsk ( la, Gedanen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Gdańsk in Poland. According to the church statistics Sunday mass attendance was 38.1% in 2013 making it lower than the Polish average of weekly mass attenda ...

) * Apostolic Administration of Eastern Siberia (Russia) * Apostolic Administration of Eupen–Malmedy–Sankt Vith (Belgium; promoted Diocese of Eupen–Malmedy, later suppressed into Liège diocese) *

Apostolic Administration of European Russia The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow ( la, Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdioc ...

* Apostolic Administration of Görlitz (Germany; promoted Diocese) *

Apostolic Administration of Haarlem 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 Churc ...

(Netherlands; promoted Diocese, renamed Haarlem–Amsterdam) * Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła with see in

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decem ...

(Poland; dissolved 1972 and split into 3 parts, promoted: Diocese of Gorzów, renamed in 1992 Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Diocese of Szczecin-Kamień, later promoted Archdiocese, and Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, with small easternmost fragment awarded to Diocese of Chełmno) * Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów (promoted and renamed diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów, Poland) *

Apostolic Administration of Moldova 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 Apostolic succession is the method wher ...

(Moldavia; now diocese of Chisinau) * Apostolic Administration of Northern European Russia * Apostolic Administration of Novosibirsk (Russia) *

Apostolic Administration of Opole The Roman Catholic Diocese of Opole ( la, Opoliensis) is a diocese located in the city of Opole in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice, Katowice in Poland. History * 1945: Established as Apostolic Administration ...

(Poland; promoted Diocese) * Apostolic Administration of Prizren, a former diocese (and later titular bishopric) in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...

(ex-

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

n autonomous province in

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) (in 1969 absorbed by

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

in the present

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), restored in 2000, elevated in 2018 as diocese, immediately subject to Rome *

Apostolic administration of Schwerin The Diocese and Prince-bishopric of Schwerin was a Catholic diocese in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, in Germany. The first registered bishop was ordained in the diocese in 1053, and the diocese ceased to exist in 1994. Pre-Reformation Catholic (prince- ...

(partitioned Germany, merged into Hamburg archbishopric) *

Apostolic Administration of Southern European Russia The Archdiocese of Moscow, also known as Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow ( la, Moscovien(sis) Matris Dei, russian: Архиепархия Матери Божией в Москве) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdioc ...

* Apostolic Administration of Trnava (Slovakia; promoted Archdiocese, lost Metropolitan status when restored after merger into Bratislava) *

Apostolic Administration of Tütz 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 Churc ...

(then Germany, currently Poland; see moved to Schneidemühl (now Piła), elevated to Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl, later made part of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła) * Apostolic Administration of Upper Silesia (Poland; now Archdiocese of Katowice) * Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia (Russia) * Apostolic Administration of West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen), province in Belgium; promoted diocese and renamed Bruges (Brugge) after its see) * Apostolic Administration of Yugoslav Bačka (Serbia; now Diocese of Subotica) *

Apostolic Administration of Yugoslav Banat The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin (Latin: ''Dioecesis Zrenjanensis'', sr, Zrenjaninska biskupija, script=Latn / , hu, Nagybecskereki egyházmegye, hr, Zrenjaninska biskupija, german: Bistum Zrenjanin) is an ecclesiastical territory or d ...

(Serbia; now Diocese of Zrenjanin) * Archdiocese of Białystok (Poland; formerly an Apostolic administration as part of

Archdiocese of Vilnius The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vilnius ( la, Archidioecesis Vilnensis; lt, Vilniaus arkivyskupija) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania. Established as the Diocese of Vilnius in th ...

, Lithuania)

Eastern Catholic in Europe

* Apostolic Administration of Lemkowszczyzna (Poland; Ukrainian Catholic, promoted Apostolic Exarchate, suppressed) * Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Byzantine Rite; suppressed) *

Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret Ruthenian or Ruthene may refer to: Places * Ruthenia, a name applied to various East Slavic inhabited lands ** White Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region ** Black Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region ** Red Ruthenia, an East Slavic hi ...

(Romania, Byzantine Rite; suppressed)

Latin Overseas

; In Asia *

Apostolic Administration of Almaty The Catholic Diocese of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty ( la, Sanctissimae Trinitatis in Almata) is a diocese located in the city of Almaty in the Ecclesiastical province of Mary Most Holy in Astana in Kazakhstan. History * July 7, 1999: Establishe ...

(Kazachstan; promoted Diocese) * Apostolic Administration of Astana (Kazachstan; promoted Archdiocese) * Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan (promoted Diocese and renamed Karaganda after its see) * '' Apostolic Administration of Latakia (Maronite, Syria; now an Eparchy: Eastern Catholic Diocese) *

Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands The Roman Catholic Diocese of Naha( la, Nahana, ja, カトリック那覇教区) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan. Its cathedral episcopal see is ...

, alias Ryukyus (Japan; now Diocese of Naha) ; In America *

Apostolic Administration of Copiapó 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 Churc ...

(Chile; now a diocese) * Apostolic Administration of El Petén (Guatemala; promoted Apostolic Vicariate) * Apostolic Administration of Izabal (Guatemala; now a diocese) * Apostolic Administration of Rio Branco (Brazil; promoted Territorial Prelature, renamed and again promoted Diocese of Roraima) ; In Africa * Apostolic Administration of the Comoros Archipelago (Comoros; now Apostolic Vicariate of the Comoros Archipelago) * Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi (now Diocese of Mbujimayi, in Congo) *

Apostolic Administration of Zanzibar and Pemba The Diocese of Zanzibar ( la, Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan Rom ...

(now Diocese of Zanzibar, in Tanzania)

Notes and references

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