bishoprics
Seats of bishops
Bishoprics is the plural of bishopric, the district under a bishop's authority or the office itself.
A bishopric is both a territory (a diocese) and the position of bishop within the church hierarchy: The medieval church created new bishoprics as Christianity spread northward.
He was appointed to the bishopric of Canterbury.
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- seePerceive with eyes
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- metropolitanOf a major city
- suffraganAssistant to diocesan bishop
primate · prelate · archdiocese · patriarchate · papacy · apostolic · pontiff · mitre
Local church community
- deanerySenior cleric's jurisdiction
- provinceRegional administrative district
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- boundaryLine marking a limit
demarcation · seat · residence · palace · chancery · curia · domain · realm
Of the Middle Ages
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- simonyBuying church positions
- beneficeEndowed clerical position
reformation · dissolution · restoration · establishment · concordat · crown · patronage · endowment
How authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- vicar-generalBishop's appointed administrative deputy
- chancellorSenior administrative official
tribunal · stewardship · appointment · vacancy · succession · tenure · duties · visitation
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- seePerceive with eyes
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- metropolitanOf a major city
suffragan · primate · prelate · archdiocese · patriarchate · papacy · apostolic · pontiff · mitre · crozier
parish
Local church community
- deanerySenior cleric's jurisdiction
- provinceRegional administrative district
- regionIndefinite bounded area
boundary · demarcation · seat · residence · palace · chancery · curia · domain · realm · extent
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- simonyBuying church positions
benefice · reformation · dissolution · restoration · establishment · concordat · crown · patronage · endowment · tithe
governance
How authority is exercised
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- vicar-generalBishop's appointed administrative deputy
chancellor · tribunal · stewardship · appointment · vacancy · succession · tenure · duties · visitation · administration
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- German HistoryNazi, Prussia, Saxony, Reichstag, Napoleonic Wars
- Belgian Catholicismabbeys, archdioceses, cardinals, convents, dioceses
- Medieval GermanyHoly Roman Empire, Charlemagne, Franconia, guild system, Swabia
- Anglican historyChurch of England, Anglican Church, English Reformation, Book of Common Prayer, Henry VIII
bishopricsparishes
Ecclesiastical administrative zones
archbishoprics · archdioceses · vicarages · deaneries · village churches
bishopricscounties
Administrative territorial divisions
provinces · municipalities · kingdoms · principalities · duchies