archbishop
Senior church overseer
An archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, overseeing a province of dioceses in Christian churches that maintain episcopal hierarchy—Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran denominations.
The archbishop's territory is called an archdiocese: the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of New York.
The title carries administrative authority over other bishops in the province.
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- metropolitanOf a major city
- primateHigher mammal order member
- patriarchMale head of family
- cardinalOf foremost importance
prelate · synod · deanery · parish · suffragan · coadjutor · see · province
Honorific for high nobility
- His EminenceCardinal's honorific title
- primateHigher mammal order member
- metropolitanOf a major city
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
Clergy appointment ceremony
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
crosier · vestments · pallium · cathedral · procession · mass · benediction · laying on of hands
One who performs sacraments
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- chaplainInstitutional clergy member
- rectorParish clergy chief
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
deacon · monsignor · canon · presbyter · cleric · pastor · minister · nuncio
Establishing something as true
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
synod · encyclical · excommunication · dispensation · installation · blessing · intercession
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- metropolitanOf a major city
- primateHigher mammal order member
- patriarchMale head of family
cardinal · prelate · synod · deanery · parish · suffragan · coadjutor · see · province · primacy
Your Grace
Honorific for high nobility
- His EminenceCardinal's honorific title
- primateHigher mammal order member
- metropolitanOf a major city
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
mitre · crosier · vestments · pallium · cathedral · procession · mass · benediction · laying on of hands · anointing
priest
One who performs sacraments
curate · deacon · monsignor · canon · presbyter · cleric · pastor · minister · nuncio · legate
confirmation
Establishing something as true
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
homily · synod · encyclical · excommunication · dispensation · installation · blessing · intercession
- Catholic Clergypope, pontiff, cardinal, monsignor, priest
- Catholic hierarchypapacy, Holy See, Vatican, College of Cardinals, archdiocese
- church titlesabbot, abbess, deacon, priest, vicar
- Anglican Clergypriest, deacon, vicar, curate, rector
- Episcopacymetropolitan, prelate, primate, suffragan, coadjutor
- prelatesprelate, primate, metropolitan, coadjutor, suffragan
archbishopdeacon
Junior clergy member
altar boy · parish priest · curate · seminarian · acolyte
archbishoplayman
Ordinary untrained person
layperson · laywoman · parishioner · laity · congregant
- Archbishop of CanterburyHead of English church