(Latin: praefectus, over- seer)
A priest with special and stable faculties of jurisdiction in foro externo over a district in mission countries and other lands, where the hierarchy is not established. He is subject to the Holy See only. He enjoys the same rights and faculties in his respective territory as a resident bishop in his diocese, excepting the right of conferring major orders.
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