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Prelate
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PRELATE. The name of an ecclesiastical officer. There are two orders of prelates; the first is composed of bishops, and the second, of abbots, generals of orders, deans, &c.
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It is the church's only Personal Prelature, which means local officials aren't accountable to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles but to an official in Rome who reports to the pope.
LOCAL OPUS DEI MEMBERS TRY TO DECODE `DA VINCI' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The organization has long had its own order of priests, and in 1982, Pope John Paul II granted Opus Dei special status known as a "personal prelature.
Breaking the Opus Dei code: the secretive Catholic group's name means ... by Boston, Rob / Church & State
Josemaria Escriva (canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002), Opus Dei is not a church movement, per se; it is actually a personal prelature, unique in the Catholic Church.
Opus dei: secretive cult or "work of god"? by LaReau, Renee M. / U.S. Catholic
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