Mission sui iuris

Mission sui iuris

A mission sui iuris, or in Latin missio sui iuris, also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction in an area with very few Catholics, often desolate or remote.

The clerical head is styled Ecclesiastical Superior; he can be a regular cleric, bishop, archbishop or even a cardinal, but if of high rank often resides elsewhere (notably, in another diocese or the Vatican) in chief of his primary office.

Present mission(e)s sui iuris

In April 2006, the only cases — all of the Latin rite — were:

In Asia:

In the Atlantic Ocean:

In the Caribbean:

In Oceania:

  • Funafuti, in Tuvalu, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Apia (on Samoa)
  • Tokelau, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Apia

Those for which no province is named are exempt, i.e directly under Rome.

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