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Immediately Subject to the Holy See: Statistics; Area: 2,600 km 2 (1,000 sq mi) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010) 806,000 644,000 (79.9%) Information; Denomination: Catholic Church: Sui iuris church: Latin Church: Rite: Roman Rite: Established: 1712 (As Prefecture Apostolic of Islands of the Indian Ocean) 1818 (As Prefecture Apostolic ...
The diplomatic service of the Holy See can be traced back to 325 AD when Pope Sylvester I sent legates to represent him at the First Council of Nicaea.The academy was created as the Pontifical Academy of Ecclesiastical Nobles in 1701 by Abbot Pietro Garagni, in close collaboration with Blessed Sebastian Valfrè of the Turin Oratory. [1]
The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, "holy seat") is the episcopal see of Rome.The incumbent of the see is the Bishop of Rome — the Pope.The term Holy See, as used in Canon law, also refers to the Pope and the Roman Curia—in effect, the central government of the Catholic Church—and is the sense more widely used today.
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 ...
The Holy See is headquartered in, operates from, and exercises "exclusive dominion" over the independent Vatican City State enclave in Rome, of which the Pope is sovereign. [15] The Holy See is administered by the Roman Curia (Latin for "Roman Court"), which is the central government of the Catholic Church.
Gilbert Stuart's portrait of John Carroll, first leader of the Apostolic Prefecture of the United States.. The Apostolic Prefecture of the United States (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Civitatum Foederatarum Americae Septentrionalis) was the earliest Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction to be officially recognized after the United States declared independence in 1776.
The Holy See announced the conclusion of the agreement during a visit to the Vatican by Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, who met with Pope Francis and the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal ...
Exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See. Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia; Ecclesiastical Province of Moscow (partly in Asia- eastern Siberia) Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow, in Moscow. Diocese of Saint Clement at Saratov, at Saratov; Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk, in Novosibirsk (in western Siberia)