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  2. Bishops in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    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).

  4. Bishop - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church this term is applied to all non-metropolitan bishops (that is, diocesan bishops of dioceses within a metropolitan's province, and auxiliary bishops). In the Anglican Communion, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop: the Bishop of Warwick is suffragan to the Bishop of Coventry (the ...

  5. Appointment of Catholic bishops - Wikipedia

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    The appointment of bishops in the Catholic Church is a complicated process. Outgoing bishops , neighbouring bishops, the faithful, the apostolic nuncio , various members of the Roman Curia , and the pope all have a role in the selection.

  6. Ecclesiastical titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    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 may be addressed as "His Eminence" and "Your Eminence", or the hybrid "His Beatitude and Eminence" and "Your Beatitude and Eminence".

  7. List of current cardinals - Wikipedia

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    Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church who are titular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, thereby serving as the primary advisors to the Bishop of Rome. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals ...

  8. Ordinary (church officer) - Wikipedia

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    For example, diocesan bishops are ordinaries in the Catholic Church [1] and the Church of England. [2] In Eastern Christianity , a corresponding officer is called a hierarch [ 3 ] (from Greek ἱεράρχης hierarkhēs "president of sacred rites, high-priest" [ 4 ] which comes in turn from τὰ ἱερά ta hiera , "the sacred rites" and ...

  9. Prelate - Wikipedia

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    In a general sense, a "prelate" in the Catholic Church and other Christian churches is a bishop or other ecclesiastical person who possesses ordinary authority of a jurisdiction, i.e., of a diocese or similar jurisdiction, e.g., ordinariates, apostolic vicariates/exarchates, or territorial abbacies.