. . "A territorial prelate is, in Catholic usage, a prelate whose geographic jurisdiction, called territorial prelature, does not belong to any diocese and is considered a particular church.The territorial prelate is sometimes called a prelate nullius, from the Latin nullius di\u0153ceseos, prelate \"of no diocese,\" meaning the territory falls directly under the jurisdiction of the pope and is not a diocese under a residing bishop.The term is also used in a generic sense, and may then equally refer to an apostolic prefecture, an apostolic vicariate, a permanent apostolic administration, or a territorial abbacy (see there)."@en .