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In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. [1] History. Dioceses of the Roman Empire, AD 400. In ...
The English word bishop derives, via Latin episcopus, Old English biscop, and Middle English bisshop, from the Greek word ἐπίσκοπος, epískopos, meaning "overseer" or "supervisor". [2] Greek was the language of the early Christian church, [ 3 ] but the term epískopos did not originate in Christianity: it had been used in Greek for ...
The seat or cathedra of the Bishop of Rome in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. An episcopal see is the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. [1] [2]Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with diocese.
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The word archbishop (/ ˌ ɑːr tʃ ˈ b ɪ ʃ ə p /) comes via the Latin archiepiscopus. This in turn comes from the Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος , which has as components the etymons αρχι -, meaning 'chief', επί , 'over', and σκοπός , 'guardian, watcher'.
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led by the suffragan is called a suffragan diocese.
With time, the related term cathedral became synonymous with the "seat", or principal church, of a bishopric. [1] The word in modern languages derives from a normal Greek word καθέδρα [kathédra], meaning "seat", with no special religious connotations, and the Latin cathedra, specifically a chair with arms. [citation needed]
A diocesan bishop, within various Christian traditions, is a bishop or archbishop in pastoral charge of a diocese or archdiocese.In relation to other bishops, a diocesan bishop may be a suffragan, a metropolitan (if an archbishop) or a primate.