dioceses
Bishops' administrative regions
Dioceses is the plural of diocese, a district under the authority of a bishop in Christian church governance.
Each diocese contains multiple parishes and congregations: The archbishop oversees twelve dioceses in the region.
The term applies across Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions.
Perceive with eyes
- provinceRegional administrative district
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- deanerySenior cleric's jurisdiction
- vicariateDelegated religious jurisdiction
prefecture · parish · boundaries · suffragan · metropolitan · region · district · territorial
Bishop's principal church
- massQuantity of matter
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- altarSacred ritual table
vestments · ordination · confirmation · chrism · pastoral · homily · sermon · lectionary
Diocesan clergy head
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
- vicar-generalBishop's appointed administrative deputy
- synodChurch governing assembly
stewardship · ordinances · tithing · appointments · tribunals · archives · bureaucracy · oversight
Diocesan clergy head
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- deaconJunior clergy member
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- rectorParish clergy chief
pastor · canon · archdeacon · monsignor · curate · parson · chaplain · presbyter
Local church community
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- flockAnimals gathered together
communicants · volunteers · ministry · outreach · charitable · schools · hospitals · missions
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Perceive with eyes
- provinceRegional administrative district
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- deanerySenior cleric's jurisdiction
vicariate · prefecture · parish · boundaries · suffragan · metropolitan · region · district · territorial · subdivision
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
altar · vestments · ordination · confirmation · chrism · pastoral · homily · sermon · lectionary · vespers
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
- vicar-generalBishop's appointed administrative deputy
synod · stewardship · ordinances · tithing · appointments · tribunals · archives · bureaucracy · oversight · decrees
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
rector · pastor · canon · archdeacon · monsignor · curate · parson · chaplain · presbyter · ordinand
parish
Local church community
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
flock · communicants · volunteers · ministry · outreach · charitable · schools · hospitals · missions · stewardship
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- religious organizationsBaptist churches, congregations, Methodist churches, Methodist Church, parishes
- American ChristianityBaptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
diocesesparishes
Ecclesiastical administrative zones
congregations · vicarages · archdioceses · provinces · deaneries
diocesescounties
Administrative territorial divisions
municipalities · states · provinces · districts · prefectures