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dioceseaj.org Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in Loretto The Diocese of Altoona–Johnstown ( Latin : Dioecesis Altunensis-Johnstoniensis ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Pennsylvania in the United States.
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). ...
Name Formed Focus Current (or last) Leader Headquartered In Chosen People Ministries: 1894 by Leopold Cohn: Chosen People Ministries, formerly known as the American Board of Missions to the Jews, is an organization founded in 1894 by Leopold Cohn as the Brownsville Mission to Jews.
crookston.org The Diocese of Crookston ( Latin : Diœcesis Crookstoniensis ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwestern Minnesota in the United States.
The Diocese of Albany (Latin: Diœcesis Albanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory in eastern New York in the United States. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany.
Map of the territory of the archdiocese of Trier in 1651. The bishops of Trier were already virtually independent territorial magnates in Merovingian times. In 772 Charlemagne granted Bishop Wiomad complete immunity from the jurisdiction of the ruling count for all the churches and monasteries, as well as villages and castles that belonged to the Church of St. Peter at Trier.
The division of the empire into Praetorian prefectures and dioceses after the first reorganisation under the Tetrarchy.. In the Late Roman Empire, usually dated 284 AD to 641 AD, the regional governance district known as the Roman or civil diocese was made up of a grouping of provinces each headed by a Vicarius, who were the representatives of praetorian prefects (who governed directly the ...
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, also known as Joint or JDC, is a Jewish relief organization based in New York City. [1] Since 1914 the organisation has supported Jewish people living in Israel and throughout the world.