LC control no. | sh 85000926 |
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Topical heading | Administrators apostolic |
Variant(s) | Apostolic administrators |
See also | Bishops (Canon law) Canon law Dioceses (Canon law) Vicars capitular |
Scope note | Here are entered works dealing with persons appointed by the Pope to administer a diocese when its bishop is prohibited or prevented from exercising his office, or when a diocese is vacant and there is no chapter to elect a vicar capitular. The term is also used for administrators appointed by the Pope to govern ecclesiastical institutions under similar circumstances. Since 1918 the term has been used for appointees to an administrature apostolic, a provisional form of diocese. |