California, Vicariate Apostolic of Lower

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• Vicariate Apostolic of Lower California —     Vicariate Apostolic of Lower California     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Vicariate Apostolic of Lower California     Includes the territory of that name in Mexico (Sp. Baja or Vieja California), a peninsula 770 miles long by 30 to 120 broad. It… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Lower California, Vicariate Apostolic of — • Located in Mexico Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Apostolic vicariate — An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries which do not have a diocese. It is therefore essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more.… …   Wikipedia

• Mexico — • Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• San Francisco — • Archdiocese established 29 July 1853 to include multiple counties in the State of California, U.S.A Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. San Francisco     San Francisco      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sacred Congregation of Propaganda —     Sacred Congregation of Propaganda     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sacred Congregation of Propaganda     The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide, whose official title is sacra congregatio christiano nomini propagando is the department of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) —     Sandwich Isands     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sandwich Isands     (HAWAII)     Vicariate Apostolic comprising all the islands of the Hawaiian group. They lie just within the northern tropic, between 18o 54 and 22o 15 north latitude, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Arizona — • Includes history, population, and government details from early in the twentieth century Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arizona     Arizona      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Nebraska — • One of the United States of America, originally included in the Louisiana Purchase. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nebraska     Nebraska      …   Catholic encyclopedia