From 1688, despite the danger to the individuals appointed, Rome chose men of piety, integrity, sacrifice and learning to act as vicars apostolic to areas of Britain.
This vicar apostolic would report to the office in Rome called the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.
This meant in practice that papal letters appointing vicars apostolic were not be acknowledged.
2A titular bishop.
名誉主教
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By the early 1590s it was accepted that a full hierarchy was impossible and a more ad hoc system of vicars apostolic adopted.
It is clear, however, that dioceses which are still administered by prefects or vicars apostolic are held to have been uninterrupted by the Reformation.
Named vicar apostolic of North Carolina and consecrated a bishop in 1868, he attended the First Vatican Council in 1869-1870.
Upon the resignation of Bishop Kinold as vicar apostolic in 1941, Monsignor Toda Tatewaki became administrator apostolic.
An apostolic vicariate is led by a vicar apostolic, usually nowadays a titular bishop.
The Roman Catholic vicar apostolic for England equated Anglicanism with Donatism in a journal article.
Vicars apostolic - because the church would not ordain local natives vicars apostolic were appointed by the Holy See.
Definition of vicar apostolic in US English:
vicar apostolic
nounˈvikər ˈˌapəˈstälik
1A Roman Catholic missionary.
天主教传教士
Example sentencesExamples
This vicar apostolic would report to the office in Rome called the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.
From 1688, despite the danger to the individuals appointed, Rome chose men of piety, integrity, sacrifice and learning to act as vicars apostolic to areas of Britain.
This meant in practice that papal letters appointing vicars apostolic were not be acknowledged.
1.1A titular bishop.
名誉主教
Example sentencesExamples
Upon the resignation of Bishop Kinold as vicar apostolic in 1941, Monsignor Toda Tatewaki became administrator apostolic.
An apostolic vicariate is led by a vicar apostolic, usually nowadays a titular bishop.
By the early 1590s it was accepted that a full hierarchy was impossible and a more ad hoc system of vicars apostolic adopted.
The Roman Catholic vicar apostolic for England equated Anglicanism with Donatism in a journal article.
Named vicar apostolic of North Carolina and consecrated a bishop in 1868, he attended the First Vatican Council in 1869-1870.
It is clear, however, that dioceses which are still administered by prefects or vicars apostolic are held to have been uninterrupted by the Reformation.
Vicars apostolic - because the church would not ordain local natives vicars apostolic were appointed by the Holy See.