Prélature
A prélature is a catholic ecclesiastical dignity conferred by the Pape, generally honorary but being able to comprise a territorial or personal jurisdiction (évêché, abbey, etc). The term is derived from Latin prælatus , takes part last of præferre , “to prefer”, suggesting that the prelate is preferred compared to the remainder of the clergy.
The prototype of the prelate is the bishop, whose prélature is the Diocèse. All the other types of prelate, including the regular abbots and the superiors general of community, are derived from this original model.
Various types of prélature
The honorary prélature is generally granted to priests members of the Roman Curie: they obtain, by this distinction, “Protonotaire Apostolique Supernumerary”, “Prelate of Honor of His Holiness” or “Chaplain of Its Holiness”, the right to carry certain episcopal attributes. They can then be made call “ Monsignore ”.Personal prélature like, for example, the Opus Dei. They are ecclesiastical districts, envisaged by the Concile Vatican II in number 10 of the decree Presbyterorum ordinis and by the Code of Right Canonical in its guns 295 to 297, which were made up to conclude, with a great flexibility, precise pastoral tasks.
The territorial prélature, defined by gun 370 of the canonical code of right, is a “quasi diocese”.
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