He was the last Presiding Bishop to retain his diocesan jurisdiction while serving in the national post.
The part of Silesia lying on the left bank of the Oder belonged to the territory included in then Bohemia, and was consequently within the diocesan jurisdiction of Prague.
In 2005 Botean established traditional Romanian Byzantine Catholic monasticism in the Diocese of Canton with the transfer of Holy Resurrection Monastery to diocesan jurisdiction.
The parishes and other religious organisations in diocesan jurisdiction include:
Hunter was received into ACNA as an assistant bishop to Archbishop Robert Duncan, where he will continue to lead C4SO and support church planters working in diocesan jurisdictions.
Although not specifically under diocesan jurisdiction, Holy Cross Academy operates under the blessing of the bishop and is faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
(Some communities at this time made the decision to remain under diocesan jurisdiction.)
In 1318 Edward II issued a document that made the minster a Royal Peculiar which exempted it from all diocesan jurisdiction.
According to canon law, the Utrecht bishops were illicitly ordained and that they effectively usurped ordinary diocesan jurisdiction.
Canon law asserts that only the Pope can perform ordinary diocesan jurisdiction.