• The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means...
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    The Catholic Church in Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Chaitligeach ann an Alba; Scots: Catholic Kirk in Scotland) overseen by the Scottish Bishops'...
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  • of the Catholic Church consists of the Pope, then the Cardinals, then the Archbishops, and so on. Another example is the hierarchy between the four castes...
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  • Ecclesiastical polity, the government of a Christian denomination Hierarchy of the Catholic Church Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over...
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    The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam...
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  • honorable offices. The order of precedence in the Catholic Church is organized by rank within the hierarchy according first to order, then jurisdiction...
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  • order In Catholic ecclesiology, a church is an assembly of the faithful, hierarchically ordered, both in the entire world (the Catholic Church), or in...
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    The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide...
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     'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. They are titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome...
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  • Catholic-Hierarchy.org is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that are in full communion...
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    of Sydney". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011. "Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B." The Hierarchy of the...
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  • The Catholic Church in Ireland (Irish: An Eaglais Chaitliceach in Éireann, Ulster Scots: Catholic Kirk in Airlann), or Irish Catholic Church, is part of...
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  • The re-establishment of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Scotland took effect on 15 March 1878. This followed the restoration of the English hierarchy...
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    The Catholic Church in Korea is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The Catholic Church in Korea...
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    of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. It encompasses the office of the...
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    one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz...
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    In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine...
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    The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically...
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    Catholic laity are the ordinary members of the Catholic Church who are neither clergy nor recipients of Holy Orders or vowed to life in a religious order...
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    of 29 September 1850 by which Pope Pius IX recreated the Roman Catholic diocesan hierarchy in England, which had been extinguished with the death of the...
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    territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in the northeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States. The Diocese of Dubuque was erected in...
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    (ecclesiastical title) Catholic-hierarchy.org Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 155 §1 "John D. Faris, The Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution...
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  • The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly known simply as the Orthodox Church is a communion composed of up to...
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  • unofficial. Academic rank Corporate title Diplomatic rank Hierarchy of the Catholic Church Imperial, royal and noble ranks Military rank Police rank Social...
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    The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern...
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    episcopal polity maintained by the Catholic Church, and consequently different Protestant bodies organized into different types of polities. During this period...
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    have been many cases of sexual abuse of children by priests, nuns, and other members of religious life in the Catholic Church. In the late 20th and early...
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    The Archdiocese of Detroit (Latin: Archidiœcesis Detroitensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church covering...
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  • the Catholic Church, an exemption is the full or partial release of an ecclesiastical person, corporation, or institution from the authority of the ecclesiastical...
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    The episcopate of the Catholic Church in Japan consists solely of a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan. It comprises...
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