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The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop was Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", who was sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great and arrived in ...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a prominent example, as archbishop emeritus of Cape Town. Former archbishops who have not received the status of archbishop emeritus may still be informally addressed as "archbishop" as a courtesy, [14] unless they are subsequently appointed to a bishopric (not an archbishopric), in which case the courtesy ceases. [15]
The coadjutor assists an elderly or ailing archbishop or bishop with their administrative duties. After the archbishop or bishop retires or dies, the coadjutor normally succeeds him without an appointment by the pope. The pope appoints all coadjutors. In some rare cases, the pope will name a titular archbishop as the bishop of a suffragan diocese.
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).
The Archbishop of York is the second most senior bishop in the Church of England, making him the obvious candidate to replace Justin Welby. On Tuesday he described Justin Welby’s resignation as ...
The Archbishop of New York is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs.As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing nearly all of the state of New York, [1] [2] the Archbishop of New York also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of Albany ...
Archbishop of York says no more resignations needed after Welby steps down. 11:48, Barney Davis. Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about the possibility of more resignations, Archbishop of ...
Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church.He is the tenth and current archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York in the United States, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.