Territorial Prelature
A territorial or area prelature(Latin praelatura territorialisbefore the CIC 1983 also praelatura nullius dioeceseos) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church, equal to the diocese, with territorially circumscribed scope according to can. 368 CIC.
They are most common in South America and Italy, but are also found in Scandinavia and Asia. They are presided over by a prelate who, however, exercises the full jurisdiction of a diocesan bishop in the territory. Often, however, this prelate has received episcopal ordination and is therefore a titular bishop. In France, the village of Pontigny was elevated to a territorial prelature in order to incardinate the priests of the Mission de France.
List of territorial prelatures
Argentina
- Territorial Prelature of Cafayate
- Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes
- Territorial Prelature of Esquel
- Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca
Bolivia
- Territorial Prelature of Aiquile
- Territorial Prelature of Corocoro
Brazil
- Territorial Prelature of Borba
- Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara
- Territorial Prelature of Itaituba
- Territorial Prelature of Lábrea
- Marajó Territorial Prelature
- Territorial Prelature of São Félix
- Territorial Prelature of Tefé
- Territorial Prelature of Xingu
Chile
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- Illapel Territorial Prelature
France
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- Pontigny Territorial Prelature
Italy
- Territorial Prelature of Loreto
- Territorial Prelature of Pompei
Mexico
- Territorial Prelature of El Salto
- Huautla Territorial Prelature
- Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar
- Territorial Prelature Mixes
Norway
- Tromsø
- Trondheim
Panama
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- Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro
Peru
- Ayaviri Territorial Prelature
- Territorial Prelature of Caravelí
- Chota Territorial Prelature
- Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
- Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla
- Huamachuco Territorial Prelature
- Territorial Prelature July
- Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba
- Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané
- Territorial Prelature of Yauyos
Philippines
- Territorial Prelature of Batanes
- Territorial Prelature of Infanta
- Territorial Prelature of Isabela
- Marawi Territorial Prelature
Web links
- Entry on Catholic dioceses of the world by type: territorial prelatures on gcatholic.org (English)
Categories
- Territorial Prelature
- Jurisdictional type of a particular church