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unusual facts about Apostolic Administrator


St John's Pro-Cathedral

Bishop Brady left Perth in 1852, following disputes with the Apostolic Administrator, Joseph Serra.


Alessandro Cesarini

He served as apostolic administrator of Pamplona, Spain from 1520 to 1538; that of Alessano, Italy from 1526 to 1531; that of Otranto, Italy from 1526 to 1536; that of Gerace, Italy from 1536 to 1538; that of Catanzaro, Italy briefly in 1536; that of Oppido Mamertina, Italy from 1536 to 1538 (resigning in favor of his natural son, Ascanio Cesarini, who succeeded him in that see from 1538 to 1542); and that of Cuenca, Spain from 1538 to his death.

Alfredo Obviar

On 22 January 1951, Bishop Obviar was installed as Apostolic Administrator of the new Diocese of Lucena.

Antonio de Sedella

After the sale of the colony to the United States in 1803, the Holy See appointed the Rev. Louis Dobourg, S.S., as the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese.

Daniel M. Buechlein

Auxiliary Bishop Christopher J. Coyne served as the Apostolic Administrator until October 18, 2012 when Pope Benedict appointed Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. Archbishop-Elect of Indianapolis.

Dominic Tang

appointed him on 1 October 1950 as Apostolic Administrator of Canton (Guangzhou), and on 13 February 1951 was ordained titular bishop of Elateia by Bishop Gustave Deswaziere, who said of him: By accepting the appointment from the Holy See in these difficult times, the new bishop was showing absolute obedience and a spirit of sacrifice.

Donald Edmond Pelotte

On January 3, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix, as apostolic administrator sede plena of the diocese of Gallup, and granted Pelotte a one year leave of absence to continue his recovery.

Hierarchy of the Catholic Church

An Apostolic Administrator of a Personal Apostolic Administration: only one exists, the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney

Ioan Robu

He was elected diocesan administrator on December 1, 1983 and apostolic administrator and bishop on October 25, 1984 before being consecrated titular bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari on December 8, 1984 in Rome by Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli.

Joseph Serge Miot

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese, said that he originally sought an immediate burial for Miot, but that it would have conflicted with local tradition.

Napoléon-Joseph Perché

In 1879 the Holy See appointed Bishop Francis Xavier Leray of Natchitoches as Coadjutor Archbishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese, giving him full control over it.


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Alojzije Mišić

Alojzije Mišić (born 10 November 1859, Bosanska Gradiška - died 26 March 1942, Mostar) was the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno and Apostolic Administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1912 to 1942.

Eparchy of Lungro

Salvatore Nunnari, Apostolic Administrator (08/10/2010 – 12/05/2012) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza–Bisignano

Holy Synod of Catholic Bishops of Greece

Nikólaos Printesis, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Naxos-Tinos-Mykonos-Andro and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Chios.

Nikolaos Foskolos, Archbishop of Athens and Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese of Rhodes.

John Michael Botean

In 1993 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator for the diocese and then the bishop on March 29, 1996, and formally ordained as bishop on August 24 that year by Archbishop Lucian Mureșan (assisted by co-consecrators Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk and Bishop Nicholas James Samra).

Murray Chatlain

Murray Chatlain (born January 19, 1963) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who (as of 2013) serves as Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas and Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith.

Pietro Foscari

On April 15, 1481, he was named apostolic administrator of the see of Padua and occupied that post until his death.

Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

Fernando Saenz Lacalle, Archbishop of San Salvador, former Apostolic Administrator of the Military of San Salvador

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi

André Sibomana (Apostolic Administrator 1994.11.11 – 1996.03.13)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan

Upon Bishop Iñiguez's resignation, Diocese of Antipolo Auxiliary Bishop Francisco M. De Leon was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese, and will continue to serve such appointment until a residential bishop is appointed by the Pope.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg

Wolfgang Rösch (Apostolic Administrator sede plena) (23 Oct 2013 appointed – )

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

#† Anthony J. Bevilacqua (1983–1987) – Appointed archbishop of Philadelphia on December 8, 1987; created cardinal on June 28, 1991; retired on July 15, 2003; apostolic administrator of Philadelphia until October 7, 2003

Roman Catholic Diocese of Suzhou

Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (龔品梅) (Apostolic Administrator July 15, 1950 – March 12, 2000)