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Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands information


The Apostolic Prefecture of South Seas Islands (or of the Islands of the Great Ocean or of Oceania) was a short-lived (1830–1836) Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in the South Seas (now mainly New Zealand).[1]

It was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

  1. ^ "South Sea Islands / Oceania / Islands of the Great Ocean (Prefecture Apostolic) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-01-27.

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