Apostolic Administrator
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In the Catholic church, the Apostolic Administrator is a person appointed by the Pope to serve in a leadership role for a Diocese that either has no Bishop (an apostolic administrator sede vacante) or,in very rare cases,has an incapacitated bishop (apostolic administrator sede plena). This person serves in that role until such time that a Bishop is chosen for the Diocese. The Apostolic Administrator has most of the same duties and powers of a Bishop. However there are a few powers that an Administator does not have, these powers are reserved to a Bishop due to tradition or church law.
Normally when a diocese falls vacant the administrator (not apostolic administrator) is chosen locally,but the Pope has the right to name an apostolic administrator instead;sometimes a retiring bishop is designated to be apostolic administrator until his successor takes office.