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A titular bishop is a bishop without a diocese. Rather, the bishop is head of a titular see, which is usually an ancient city that used to have a bishop, but, for some reason or other, does not have one now. Titular bishops often serve as auxiliary bishops.
The Most Reverend Bishop [insert name] of [place], Bishop [insert name], His Grace, Your Grace. Titular/Auxiliary Bishop Same as for Bishops, above, and in other languages Sayedna (Arabic), Despota (Greek), Vladika (Russian). Priest The Reverend Father or Father. Protopriest: The Very Reverend Protopriest or Father. Archpriest
Bishops in the United States by denomination (8 C) C. Catholic bishops (13 C) Bishops of the Church of the East (17 C) E. Eastern Orthodox bishops (12 C) O.
Generally, the preferment of "canon", which can be given to either ordained or laity, is not a permanent preferment. However, Bishops have been known to prefer a lifetime honorific of "Canon" to lay canons. For religious orders, all preferments, except that of a mitred abbot, are temporary and associated with the role, not the individual.
These have authority not only over the bishops of their particular church, including metropolitans, but also directly over all the faithful. [45] Eastern Catholic patriarchs have precedence over all other bishops, with the exceptions laid down by the Pope. [46] The honorary title prefixed to their names is "His Beatitude".
When a diocesan bishop, archbishop, or auxiliary bishop retires, he is given the honorary title of "emeritus" of the last see he served, i.e., archbishop emeritus, bishop emeritus, or auxiliary bishop emeritus of the see. "Emeritus" is not used for a titular see, but could be used for a/an (arch)bishop who has transferred to a non-(arch ...
This is a directory of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops across various Christian denominations. To find an individual who was a bishop, see the most relevant article linked below or Category:Bishops .
Independent Catholics consists of those denominations embodying catholicity, and have initially separated from the Latin Church in 1724 through the consecrations of bishops for the present-day Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht without papal approval.