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Sede vacante (lit. 'with the chair [being] vacant' in Latin)[a] refers, in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, to the state during which a diocese or archdiocese is without an installed prelate. The term is used frequently in reference to papal vacancies occurring upon the Pope's death or resignation.
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