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Where not noted, Western titles may be supposed. The following are common in Greek Melkite Catholic usage and in Greek Orthodox usage in the United States. Archbishop or Bishop: In Arabic, a bishop is titled "Sayedna", while in churches of Syriac tradition he is titled "Mar". If an Eastern Catholic archbishop or patriarch is made a cardinal he ...
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.
An Eastern Catholic bishop of the Syro-Malabar Church holding the Mar Thoma Cross which symbolizes the heritage and identity of the Syrian Church of Saint Thomas Christians of India Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in Bavaria, 1591–1598, carrying a crosier and wearing a mitre and pluviale.
The Archbishop of Birmingham heads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham in England. [1] As such he is the metropolitan archbishop of the Province of Birmingham. [2] The archdiocese covers an area of 8,735 km 2 (3,400 sq mi) [3] and spans of the counties of Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome. They are typically ordained bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman ...
Greek Catholic or Byzantine Catholic Church may refer to: The Catholic Church in Greece; The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, ...
In the Catholic Church, auxiliary bishops exist in both the Latin Church and in the Eastern Catholic Churches.The particular duties of an auxiliary bishop are given by the diocesan bishop and can vary widely depending on the auxiliary bishop, the ordinary, and the needs of the diocese. [1]
Metropolitan (arch)bishops preside over synods of the bishops of their ecclesiastical province, and canon law and tradition grant them special privileges. In some churches, such as the Church of Greece, a metropolis is a rank granted to all episcopal sees.