Mission sui iuris

As of March 2017, the only remaining cases — all of the Latin Church — were: In Asia : • Afghanistan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan In the Atlantic Ocean : • Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, vested in the Apostolic Prefecture of the Falkland Islands In the Caribbean : • Cayman Islands, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica (pastoral responsibility of the Archdiocese of Detroit) • Turks and Caicos, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Nassau (pastoral responsibility of the Archdiocese of Newark) In Oceania : • Funafuti, in Tuvalu, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Suva • Tokelau, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Samoa-Apia Those for which no province is named are exempt, i.e. directly under the Holy See. == Former missions sui iuris ==

by continent and (present/colonial) country ;In Europe : • Mission sui iuris of Batavia alias Holland - or Dutch mission (Netherlands) • Mission sui iuris of Central Norway (now Territorial Prelature of Trondheim) • Mission sui iuris of Northern Norway (now Territorial Prelature of Tromsø) • Mission sui iuris of Norway (now diocese of Oslo) ;In Asia : • Mission sui iuris of Baku (Azerbaijan; promoted Apostolic Prefecture) • Mission sui iuris of Coromandel Coast (India; now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore) • Mission sui iuris of Gazireh (Turkey; suppressed) • Mission sui iuris of Hindustan (India; repeated promotions; now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra) • Mission sui iuris of I-li (imperial China; suppressed) • Mission sui iuris of Karafuto (Japan; promoted Apostolic Prefecture, became Soviet/Russian, renamed Yuzhno Sakhalinsk) • Mission sui iuris of Kyrgyzstan (nation; promoted Apostolic Administration) • Mission sui iuris of Miyazaki (Japan; promoted Apostolic Prefecture, now diocese of Oita) • Mission sui iuris of Mossul (Kurdistan, notably northern present Iraq; suppressed) • Mission sui iuris of Nepal (nation; promoted Apostolic Vicariate) • Mission sui iuris of Outer Mongolia (Mongolia; renamed Mission sui juris of Urga) • Mission sui iuris of Qiqihar, alias Tsitiskar (China; promoted Apostolic Prefecture) • Mission sui iuris of Rajaburi (Thailand; now diocese Ratchaburi) • Mission sui iuris of Rajputana (India; promoted Apostolic Vicariate, now Diocese of Ajmer) • Mission sui iuris of Shiqian = Shihtsien (China; promoted Apostolic Prefecture) • Mission sui iuris of Sikkim (Indian state and Bhutan; promoted twice, now Diocese of Darjeeling) • Mission sui iuris of Syria and Cilicia? (partially in present Iraq; temporarily promoted Apostolic Prefecture, demoted back, suppressed) • Mission sui iuris of Trabzon (Asian Turkey; promoted Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia) • Mission sui iuris of Uzbekistan (nation; promoted Apostolic Administration) • Mission sui iuris of Urga = Ulanbator (imperial China China; promoted Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar, for (Outer) Mongolia) • Mission sui iuris of Xinjiang-Urumqi (China; promoted Apostolic Prefecture) • Mission sui iuris of Yixian (China; promoted Apostolic Prefecture) ;In America : • Mission sui iuris of San Andrés y Providencia (Colombia; promoted Apostolic Vicariate) • Mission sui iuris of Valparaíso (Chile; promoted Diocese) • Mission sui iuris of Valdivia (Chile; promoted Diocese) ;In Oceania : • Mission sui iuris of Drisdale River (Australia, renamed Kalumburu; suppressed) • Mission sui iuris of Eastern Carolines (Federated States of Micronesia) • Mission sui iuris of Kalumburu (Australia; suppressed) • Mission sui iuris of the Marshall Islands (suppressed; later revived as Apostolic Prefecture) • Mission sui iuris of Western Carolines (idem & Palau) ;In Africa : • Mission sui iuris of Belgian Congo (or Congo Belge; (then Belgian) Congo) • Mission sui iuris of Bikoro ((then Belgian) Congo) • Mission sui iuris of Cunene (Angola) • Mission sui iuris of Kenya (Kenya; various promotions, now Archdiocese of Nyeri) • Mission sui iuris of Kwango ((then Belgian) Congo) • Mission sui iuris of Lunda (Angola) • Mission sui iuris of Lwangwa (Zambia) • Mission sui iuris of Miarinarivo (Madagascar, now a diocese) • Mission sui iuris of Tukuyu (Tanzania, now Diocese of Mbeya) • Mission sui iuris of Upper Kassai ((then Belgian) Congo) • Mission sui iuris of Zambesia (Zimbabwe, then Southern Rhodesia) == See also ==

• GCatholic.org - List of current Missions sui iuris (consulted September 2015)