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Before the motu proprio Pontificalis Domus of 28 March 1968, Honorary Prelates were called Domestic Prelates ( in Latin, Antistites Urbani ), a title that then also went with certain offices such as that of Archbishop or Bishop Assistant at the Throne or membership of the Roman Prelature, and that was also maintained by Archbishops, Bishops and Apostolic Protonotaries who had been awarded it before their appointment to those positions.