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In the Roman Catholic Church, a diocesan bishop or archbishop must appoint at least one vicar general for his diocese or archdiocese, but may appoint more [1] —(arch)dioceses whose territory is split into different states usually have one each. The vicar general by virtue of office is the (arch)bishop's agent in administration, acting as ...
Latin Catholic bishops also must make regular ad limina visits to the Holy See every five years. [22] Because of their function as teachers of the faith, it is customary in some English-speaking countries to add to the names of bishops the postnominal title of "D.D." (Doctor of Divinity) and to refer to and address them as "Doctor".
In the Russian Orthodox Church and some other non-Hellenic Eastern Orthodox churches that historically follow Russian tradition, vicar (Russian: vikariy / викарий) is a term for what is known as suffragan bishop in the Anglican Communion or as auxiliary bishop in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. A vicar bishop usually bears in ...
The bishop or eparch of a see, even if he does not also hold a title such as archbishop, metropolitan, major archbishop, patriarch or pope, is the centre of unity for his diocese or eparchy, and, as a member of the College of Bishops, shares in responsibility for governance of the whole church (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 886).
For example, diocesan bishops are ordinaries in the Catholic Church [1] and the Church of England. [2] In Eastern Christianity , a corresponding officer is called a hierarch [ 3 ] (from Greek ἱεράρχης hierarkhēs "president of sacred rites, high-priest" [ 4 ] which comes in turn from τὰ ἱερά ta hiera , "the sacred rites" and ...
Archiereus (Ancient Greek: ἀρχιερεύς, Russian, arkhierei) is a Greek term for diocesan bishop, when considered as the culmination of the priesthood. [7] It is used in the liturgical books of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Church, for those services which correspond to the pontifical services of the Roman Rite.
This class includes also the abbreviations for the names of most sees. The full Latin titles of all existing (Latin) dioceses may be seen in the Roman annual, " Gerarchia Cattolica ", a complete list of the Latin names of all known dioceses (extant or extinct) is found in the large folio work of the Comte de Mas Latrie , "Trésor de chronologie ...
Cardinal (Catholic Church) Cardinal Vicar; Catholic priests in public office; Caudatario; Chancellor (ecclesiastical) Chorbishop; Coadjutor; Coadjutor Archbishop; Coadjutor bishop; Commendatory abbot; Commissariat of the Holy Land; Commissary Apostolic; Conservator (religion) Consultor; Cubicularius; Custos (Franciscans)