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[4] Due to the tremendous growth in the city of Houston, in 1959, the Holy See permitted the Most Reverend Wendelin J. Nold, fifth bishop of the Galveston Diocese, to erect a cathedral of convenience in the city. [5] Because of its central location, he chose Sacred Heart Church, built in 1911, to serve as co-cathedral and installed an episcopal ...
Holy Angels Cathedral Diocese of Saint Cloud: 1889–1937 [13] Holy Family Old Cathedral: Archdiocese of Anchorage: 1966–2020 Holy Family Church: Diocese of Orange: 1976–2019 [14] Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral: Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie: 1857–1937 Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral Diocese of Evansville: 1965–1999 [15] Mission Santa Barbara
Built as a cathedral, now a museum Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: 3,980 [69] 6,829.3 [69] 101,992 [69] 9,500 [69] 1839–1883 Moscow Russia: Eastern Orthodox Rebuilt from 1995 to 2000 Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan: 3,822 [citation needed] 1997–2001 Yerevan Armenia: Oriental Orthodox Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral
The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí, Israel. The Baháʼí Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Baháʼu'lláh in 19th century Persia, and consider their religion to progress from or succeed Bábism or the Bábi Faith ( Persian: بابی ها Bábí há) founded by the Báb earlier in the century – emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind.
The Holy See [7] [8] (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair [9] ', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, [10] is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. [11]
The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, "holy seat") is the episcopal see of Rome.The incumbent of the see is the Bishop of Rome — the Pope.The term Holy See, as used in Canon law, also refers to the Pope and the Roman Curia—in effect, the central government of the Catholic Church—and is the sense more widely used today.
The pope is also sovereign of Vatican City, [194] a small city-state entirely enclaved within the city of Rome, which is an entity distinct from the Holy See. It is as head of the Holy See, not as head of Vatican City State, that the pope receives ambassadors of states and sends them his own diplomatic representatives. [195] The Holy See also ...
An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, [clarification needed] 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. [3] [4] [5] [6]