vicar apostolic in English
noun
1
a Roman Catholic missionary.
This meant in practice that papal letters appointing vicars apostolic were not be acknowledged.
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1. Canonize Sentence Examples The patriarch receives confirmation from Rome, and the political representation of the Maronites at Constantinople is in the hands of the vicar apostolic.
2. In England from 1598 until the appointment of a vicar-apostolic in 1623 the Roman Catholic clergy were placed by the pope under an "Archpriest" as superior of the English mission.