Mission sui iuris


A mission sui iuris, or in Latin missio sui iuris ; also spelled mission, also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, ranking below an apostolic prefecture and an apostolic vicariate, in an area with very few Catholics, often desolate or remote.
The clerical head is styled Ecclesiastical Superior'''; he can be a regular cleric, titular or diocesan bishop, archbishop or even a cardinal, but if of episcopal rank often resides elsewhere in chief of his primary office there.
It can either be exempt, or suffragan of a Metropolitan Archbishop, hence part of his ecclesiastical province.

Current missions ''sui iuris''

As of March 2017, the only remaining cases — all of the Latin Church — were:
In Asia :
In the Atlantic Ocean :
In the Caribbean :
In Oceania :
Those for which no province is named are exempt, i.e. directly under the Holy See.

Former missions ''sui iuris''

by continent and country
;In Europe :
;In Asia :
;In America :
;In Oceania :
;In Africa :