He was recently named the Territorial Prelate of Loreto.

A territorial prelate exercises quasi-episcopal jurisdiction in a territory not comprised in any diocese.

In January 1907 he was appointed Territorial Prelate of the region by the Holy See.

For the basilicas of Loreto and Pompei, which are within their own territorial prelatures, the pontifical delegate is the local territorial prelate.

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.

On May 18, 1936, Gouveia was appointed Territorial Prelate of Mozambique and Titular Bishop of Leuce.

Comastri was named Territorial Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Loreto, with the personal title of Archbishop, on 9 November 1996.

Cardinals wear a scarlet mozzetta, while bishops and those with equivalent jurisdiction (e.g., apostolic administrators, vicars apostolic, exarchs, prefects apostolic, territorial prelates, and territorial abbots, if not bishops) wear a purple mozzetta.

Cremonesi was later named Apostolic Delegate to the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Pompei on 9 March 1926, and the first Territorial Prelate of Pompei on 21 March 1926.

A territorial prelate is sometimes called a prelate nullius, from the Latin 'nullius diœceseos', prelate "of no diocese," meaning the territory falls directly under the jurisdiction of the pope and is not a diocese under a residing bishop.

In that case, while not having episcopal holy orders, in particular the power to ordain to the diaconate, priesthood and episcopacy, he has the powers and privileges of other prelates who are canonically equivalent to diocesan bishops, such as territorial prelates.

The color of the zucchetto specifically denotes the wearer's rank and is in keeping with the five colors: the pope's zucchetto is white, those worn by cardinals are scarlet, and those of bishops, territorial abbots and territorial prelates are violet.