bishopric
Bishop's administrative domain
A bishopric is the district under a bishop's authority, or the office and rank of bishop itself.
The term appears in religious and historical contexts: He was appointed to the bishopric of Canterbury.
The bishopric encompassed dozens of parishes.
Legal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
synod · consistory · curia · chancery · canon · ecclesiastical · direction · management
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- seePerceive with eyes
- parishLocal church community
- archdioceseArchbishop's jurisdictional territory
- provinceRegional administrative district
jurisdiction · domain · realm · district · region · deanery · precinct · bounds
Pointed clerical headwear
- crosierEpiscopal ceremonial staff
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- cathedraBishop's ceremonial seat
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
ordination · consecration · appointment · tenure · installation · investiture · preferment · elevation
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
stewardship · synod · consistory · curia · chancery · canon · ecclesiastical · direction · management · supervision
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- seePerceive with eyes
- parishLocal church community
- archdioceseArchbishop's jurisdictional territory
province · jurisdiction · domain · realm · district · region · deanery · precinct · bounds · extent
mitre
Pointed clerical headwear
- crosierEpiscopal ceremonial staff
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- cathedraBishop's ceremonial seat
vestments · ordination · consecration · appointment · tenure · installation · investiture · preferment · elevation · pastoral
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
chancel · nave · sacristy · vestry · apse · steeple · liturgy · communion · worship · congregation
suffragan
Assistant to diocesan bishop
deacon · priest · canon · prelate · primate · metropolitan · ordinary · diocesan · curate · parson
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- Catholic historypapacy, Vatican, Pope, dioceses, Catholic Church
- church authoritypapacy, bishops, papal authority, popes, papal supremacy
- Church Bodiesarchdiocese, diocese, dioceses, parishes, religious orders
- church gatheringschurch council, assemblies, conferences, church assembly, congresses
- diocesesdiocese, archdiocese, see, Holy See, vicariate
bishopricparish
Local church community
local parish · congregation · local church · papacy · curacy
bishopriccounty
Local administrative division
municipality · prefecture · governorate · laity · state