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The Annuario Pontificio provides the Catholic Church's list of popes. As historical questions are reinterpreted by each successive pope, they are recognized in the Annuario Pontificio . For example, the 1942 Annuario Pontificio recognized the decisions of the Council of Pisa (1409), listing three popes for the period: Gregory XII (1406–1409 ...
Prefecture Apostolic of Texas (1841 to 1847) Vicariate Apostolic of Texas (1847 to 1874) Diocese of Galveston (1874 to 1890) Diocese of Dallas (1890 to 1953) Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth (1953 to 1969) Diocese of Fort Worth (1969 to present)
Based in Houston, Texas, with the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham as it principal church, the ordinariate includes 42 parishes throughout the United States and Canada. Originally, its territory was the same as that of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) . [ 3 ]
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
A list of popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.. A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope.Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic pope) choose papal names.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches).
The prefecture was elevated to a vicariate apostolic in 1846, the year that Texas became an American state. In 1847, Pope Pius IX elevated the vicariate into the Diocese of Galveston. [5] The Austin area would remain part of several Texas dioceses for the next 139 years. The first Catholic church in Austin, St. Patrick's, was constructed in the ...