vicar apostolic
noun
a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
vicars apostolic
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pluralof vicar apostolic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He consecrated a dozen white, black, yellow and brown bishops and vicars apostolic,* for services in Africa and the Orient.
From Time Magazine Archive
He returned to Rome, and seems to have been instrumental in inducing Pope Gregory XVI. to increase the vicars apostolic in England.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
The old Catholic hierarchy in Holland had been overthrown, and the Pope was obliged to appoint vicars apostolic to attend to the wants of the scattered Catholic communities.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by James MacCaffrey
There are now three bishops, vicars apostolic, at Cape Town, Graham's Town, Natal.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
In 1840 it was determined to increase the number of vicars apostolic in England from four to eight, and Dr. Wiseman, at the same time, was appointed coadjutor to Bishop Walsh at Wolverhampton.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
