English Explanatory Dictionary

vicar apostolic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.

Word forms

vicar apostolic vicars apostolic apostolic vicar

Related words

apostolic vicariate
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