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In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Like other dioceses, the Diocese of Rome has a cathedra, the official seat of the Bishop of Rome.
St Patrick's Cathedral, the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Armagh in the Church of Ireland
Bishop
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In Christianity, a bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. Bishops are normally responsible for the governanc
Diocese
…In church governance, a diocese (/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/) or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese…
Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, student of John the Apostle
A 6th-century image of Saint Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius
Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople was ordained (consecrated) as bishop at the age of 19
Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio, as cardinal at age 8