An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic administration), or is a diocese, archdiocese, eparchy or similar permanent ordinariate (such as a territorial prelature or a territorial abbacy) that has no bishop or archbishop (an apostolic administrator sede vacante, as after an episcopal death, resignation or transfer to another territory) or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated head (apostolic administrator sede plena). The title also applies to an outgoing incumbent while awaiting for the date of assuming his new position or date of effectivity of a retirement.
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Apostolic administration in the context of List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions worldwide, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,250 dioceses. It also includes various other jurisdictions such as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies, and missions sui juris.
In addition, there are 2,100 titular sees, encompassing bishoprics, archbishoprics, and metropolitanates.
Apostolic administration in the context of Locum tenens
A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a locum tenens physician is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. In the Catholic Church, an example of a locum tenens is an apostolic administrator, often a bishop who temporarily governs a vacant see until a new ordinary is appointed.
Locum tenens is a Latin phrase meaning "place holding", akin to the Greek topoteretes, or French lieutenant.
Apostolic administration in the context of Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen (Latin: Dioecesis Sangallensis, German: Bistum Sankt Gallen) is a Latin Catholic diocese in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Although the region functioned as an important centre of Christianity in Europe during the Middle Ages, the diocese itself was only established in 1847. Its territory corresponds to the Canton of St. Gallen, with the bishop also acting on behalf of the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden as apostolic administrations.