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This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See. Since the fifth century, long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929, papal envoys (now known as nuncios ) have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates.
The following is a list of Roman Catholic schools, colleges and universities in the Philippines. More than 1,500 Catholic schools throughout the country are members of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), the country's national association of Catholic schools founded in 1941. [ 1 ]
Saint Joseph College of Maasin; St. Joseph College–Olongapo; Saint Joseph's College of Balanga; Saint Louis University (Philippines) St. Mary's College of Meycauayan; Saint Mary's University (Philippines) Saint Michael College of Caraga; St. Michael's College (Iligan) St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur; St. Paul University Iloilo; St. Paul ...
Pastor bonus (1988) includes this definition: . By the word "dicasteries" are understood the Secretariat of State, Congregations, Tribunals, Councils and Offices, namely, the Apostolic Camera, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
The Prefecture takes care of the preparations for all audiences – private, special and general – and visits from those who are formally received by the Holy Father. It is also responsible for arranging Pontifical ceremonies – except liturgical celebrations – as well as the Spiritual Retreat of the Holy Father, the College of Cardinals ...
In many cases the prelature is exempt from diocesan oversight and instead subject to the jurisdiction of the Holy See. As a rule, territorial (and personal) prelates are consecrated as bishops, though not bishops of their diocese, as expressed by the title Bishop-prelate.
The Apostolic Prefecture of Mindoro was created on July 2, 1936, with territories taken from the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Jaro and Lipa, both of which were later elevated into archdioceses. On July 12, 1951, Pope Pius XII , through the papal bull Merit ab Apostolic , elevated the apostolic prefecture to an apostolic vicariate.
When a vicariate or a diocese extended over a very large territory in which the Catholic population was unequally distributed, the Holy See sometimes placed a portion of the territory in charge of a prefect apostolic; in which case the faculties of the prefect were more limited, and in the exercise of his office he was supervised by the vicar ...