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vicar apostolic

Bishop administering an apostolic vicariate

  • Also called apostolic vicar
Everyone who held it Compare

Everyone recorded as holding it

Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

  • 11 holders
  • 18 overlapping pairs
  1. 29 July 1658 CE – 15 April 1680 CE François Pallu French bishop
  2. 11 April 1658 CE – 1 October 1674 CE François de Laval Catholic saint, First Bishop of Quebec
  3. 15 April 1680 CE – 29 October 1684 CE François Pallu French bishop
  4. from 12 May 1846 CE Guglielmo Massaia Catholic cardinal (1809-1889)
  5. 29 July 1853 CE – 9 January 1857 CE Frederic Baraga Catholic missionary and bishop (1797-1868)
  6. from 3 March 1868 CE James Gibbons Catholic cardinal (1834–1921)
  7. 12 February 1875 CE – 28 July 1875 CE John Ireland Catholic archbishop (1838–1918)
  8. from 20 November 1883 CE Giovanni Cagliero Catholic cardinal (1838–1926)
  9. 12 June 1947 CE – 14 September 1955 CE Marcel Lefebvre French traditionalist Catholic archbishop
  10. from 29 October 1949 CE Maurice Feltin Catholic cardinal (1883–1975)
  11. from 8 September 1957 CE Francis Spellman American Roman Catholic cardinal (1889–1967)
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