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    An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase,[clarification needed] the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions...
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  • church Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name Episcopal Church (United States)...
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    It encompasses the office of the pope as the bishop of the Apostolic episcopal see of Rome and serves as the spiritual and administrative authority of...
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  • A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or...
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  • A metropolis, metropolitanate or metropolitan (arch)diocese is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical...
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    March 2022. "Titular Episcopal See of Allegheny". GCatholic.org. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016. "Titular Episcopal See of Alton". GCatholic...
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    inhabitants (mostly romanised berbers). Zucchabar became a Christian episcopal see in the fourth century. The names of two of its Catholic bishops and...
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    than 123 sees whose bishops assembled at Carthage in 479. Ancient episcopal sees of Numidia listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees: Alba (in...
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  • duration. They lose their office when the term expires, or when the episcopal see falls vacant (sede vacante). Auxiliary bishops may also be removed from...
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    of Carthage was revived as a Catholic titular see. It was briefly restored as a residential episcopal see 1884–1964, after which it was supplanted by the...
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    Strait of Gibraltar. Ancient episcopal sees of Mauretania Caesariensis listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees: Ala Miliaria (Beniane) Albulae...
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    vol. ii. pp. 359, 477. Itin. Ant. p. 84; Ptol. iii. 3. § 2. "Titular Episcopal See of Tharros". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 12 January 2018. British Museum...
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    Under the name Ombi, it is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. Karol Wojtyła (the future Pope John Paul II) was titular bishop of Ombi...
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  • complained to him for breaching the confidentiality of the meetings of the episcopal conference and for voicing positions contrary to the Church's magisterium...
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  • An apostolic see is an episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the apostles of Jesus or to one of their close associates. In Catholicism...
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  • defined by canon law, the decisions of an episcopal conference are subject to ratification from the Holy See. Individual bishops do not relinquish their...
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    Gallen, Switzerland. The diocese was created in 1824 but united with the episcopal see of Chur until 1847. Much of the territory had earlier been part of the...
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  • method Episcopal see, domain of a bishop Holy See, central government of Roman Catholic Church SEE, Southeast Europe, the geographical region Sées, Orne...
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    Palace in Rome or elsewhere. The Holy See dates back to early Christianity and is the principal episcopal see of the Catholic Church, which has approximately...
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  • Anglican, Methodist and Open Episcopal traditions. An episcopal church has bishops in its organisational structure (see episcopal polity). Episcopalian is...
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    The Episcopal Church (TEC), also officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide...
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    787 Constantine, in 997. See also Russian Orthodox Diocese of Surozh for Surozh, the old name of the city as an episcopal see in the Russian Orthodox Church...
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    Hippo Regius (category Catholic titular sees in Africa)
    bishopric of the (lowest) episcopal rank, for which no incumbent is recorded. It ceased to exist on 23 September 1867, when the see was formally united with...
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    archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Canada. A metropolitan see, its arch episcopal see is the Montreal, Quebec. It includes Montreal and surrounding...
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    numerous monks. Ancient episcopal sees of Thebais Prima (Thebaid I) listed in the Annuario Pontificio as Catholic titular sees: Antaeopolis (Tjebu) Antinoöpolis...
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  • (Malatya) Verissa For ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Armenia Tertia (III), see Roman Armenia#Episcopal sees. Lesser Armenia is traditionally...
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    Byzacena (redirect from Abari (Titular See))
    its Patriarch of Alexandria. Ancient episcopal sees of Byzacena listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees: Abaradira Abari Abidda (ruins of Ksour-Abbeda)...
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    The Diocese of Sicca Veneria was an episcopal see of Africa Proconsularis, and was a suffragan of the bishops of Carthage.[citation needed] The cathedra...
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    (Salisbury), and the see was translated to Old Sarum in 1075. Although no longer a diocesan see, the bishopric of Ramsbury is now an episcopal title used by...
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    Italy). Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Marmarica or Libya Inferior listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees: Ammoniace Antiphrae...
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