archdioceses
Major Catholic regions
Archdioceses is the plural of archdiocese, a major ecclesiastical district overseen by an archbishop.
An archdiocese typically encompasses a large metropolitan area and holds authority over smaller dioceses in a region: The archdioceses of New York and Los Angeles are among the largest in the country.
Legal authority's scope
- provinceRegional administrative district
- seePerceive with eyes
- parishLocal church community
- vicariateDelegated religious jurisdiction
prefecture · bishopric · episcopate · deanery · rectory · cathedral · basilica · boundaries
Of a major city
- suffraganAssistant to diocesan bishop
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- primateHigher mammal order member
- cardinalOf foremost importance
papal · Vatican · pallium · curia · prelate · vicar · clergy · ordination
Religious institutional regulations
- synodChurch governing assembly
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- edictsAuthoritative public commands
- decreesOfficial orders with force
tribunal · ecclesiastical · canonical · curia · administration · authority · consistory · encyclical
Formal worship structure
- massQuantity of matter
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- altarSacred ritual table
sermon · homily · Eucharist · baptism · confirmation · ordination · prayer · catechism
Members of local congregation
- laityNon-ordained church members
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
priesthood · deacons · seminarians · religious orders · flock · communicants · parish council · devotees
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
vicariate · prefecture · bishopric · episcopate · deanery · rectory · cathedral · basilica · boundaries · region
metropolitan
Of a major city
cardinal · papal · Vatican · pallium · curia · prelate · vicar · clergy · ordination · episcopal
canon law
Religious institutional regulations
decrees · tribunal · ecclesiastical · canonical · curia · administration · authority · consistory · encyclical · visitation
liturgy
Formal worship structure
- massQuantity of matter
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
altar · sermon · homily · Eucharist · baptism · confirmation · ordination · prayer · catechism · vestments
parishioners
Members of local congregation
- laityNon-ordained church members
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
clergy · priesthood · deacons · seminarians · religious orders · flock · communicants · parish council · devotees
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- American Catholicismparish council, Catholic school, Catholic schools, cardinals, parochial school
- Belgian Catholicismabbeys, bishoprics, cardinals, convents, monasticism
- Latin Catholicismbasilicas, convents, seminaries, religious orders, Franciscans
- Canadian CatholicismJesuits, Catholic parishes, separate schools, parish priests, Catholic missions
- church jurisdictionsparishes, bishoprics, archbishoprics, deaneries, provinces
archdiocesesmonasteries
Residences for religious brothers
hermitages · abbeys · convents · priories · religious orders