High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Archdiocese of Vercelli (in Latin, Archidioecesis Vercellensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy, one of the two archdioceses which form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. The dioceses suffragan to Vercelli are: Alessandria (della Paglia), Biella, Casale Monferrato and Novara. According to an ancient lectionary the Gospel was first preached in Vercelli in the second half of the third century by Saints Sabinianus and Martialis, bishops from Gaul, when they were returning to their dioceses. The episcopal see was not established till after the Peace of Constantine. The first bishop was St. Eusebius, a Sardinian, a lector of the Roman Church and a strenuous...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the Northern Mariana Islands and is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Province of Agana. The Diocese of Chalan Kanoa is led by a prelate bishop which pastors the motherchurch, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Saipan. The diocese was canonically erected on November 8, 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Its territories were taken from the archdiocese based in Guam. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Penedo (Latin: Peneden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Penedo in the Ecclesiastical province of Maceio in Brazil. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The archbishop may have metropolitan authority over any other (then 'suffragan') bishops and their dioceses within his ecclesiastical province. Данное издание не...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Roman Catholic Diocese situated in the north east of India. It includes within its territory the independent Himalayan state of Bhutan, where Christianity is practiced by a tiny minority and proselytism is forbidden. The current bishop is Stephen Lepcha. There are around 32,000 Catholics in the diocese, just under 1% of the total population. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calcutta. The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta (Latin: Archidioecesis Calcuttensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India....

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz (Latin: Pacen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of La Paz in Bolivia. An archbishop (from Greek -, chief, and , bishop) is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest (presbyter) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop by ordination. Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and duties of oversight over the other sees. He is known as the metropolitan archbishop of that see. In the Roman Catholic Church, canon 436 of the Code of Canon Law indicates what these powers and duties are...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Umzimkulu (Latin: Umzimkulen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Harding in the Ecclesiastical province of Durban in South Africa. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The archbishop may have metropolitan authority over any other (then 'suffragan') bishops and their dioceses within his ecclesiastical province. Данное издание не...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Italian Catholic diocese of Nicosia is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela. As of 2008, the current bishop is Salvatore Muratore. The Archdiocese of Messina was originally founded as the Diocese of Messina but was raised to the level of an archdiocese on September 30, 1986 with the merging with the former Diocese of Lipari (1131) and Prelatura of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206), and as suffragans the Diocese of Patti and Diocese of Nicosia. The current Archbishop of Messina is Calogero La Piana, and the auxiliary bishop is Francesco Montenegro. The Archbishops...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ikot Ekpene (Latin: Ikotekpenen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ikot Ekpene in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabar in Nigeria. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The archbishop may have metropolitan authority over any other (then 'suffragan') bishops and their dioceses within his archdiocese. Данное издание не...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Latin: Archidioecesis Galvestoniensis Houstoniensis) encompasses 8,880 square miles (23,000 km2) of ten counties in the southeastern area of Texas: Galveston; Harris; Austin; Brazoria; Fort Bend; Grimes; Montgomery; San Jacinto; Walker; and Waller. The Archdiocese's cathedral church is St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Galveston with a co-cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, located in Houston. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luz (Latin: Luceatin(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Luz in the Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The archbishop may have metropolitan authority over any other (then 'suffragan') bishops and their dioceses within his archdiocese. Данное издание не является...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Archdiocese of Zamboanga (Latin name: Archdiocesis Zamboangensis) is a Catholic archdiocese in the Philippines. Its present jurisdiction includes Zamboanga City, with suffragans in Basilan (Territorial Prelature of Isabela, Basilan), Sulu Archipelago (Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo) and Zamboanga Sibugay (Diocese of Ipil). It became Mindanao's first diocese in 1910, and was established as the second archdiocese of Mindanao in 1958. Today the archdiocese covers a land area of 1,648 square kilometers and has a population of 442,345, of which 81 per cent are Catholics. The archdiocese includes 26 parishes, served by 49 diocesan and 18 religious priests. There are also 51 religious sisters working...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Italian Catholic diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello in Tuscany has existed under that name from 1986, renamed from diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello. The historic name was diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano, which was changed in 1981. The diocese is suffragan of the archdiocese of Siena. The two towns, Sovana and Pitigliano, are situated in the Province of Grosseto, Central Italy. Sovana was an ancient Etruscan city, and preserved a certain importance till the end of the thirteenth century, having been from the days of Charlemagne the capital of the counts of Aldobrandeschi, lords of Southern Tuscany. In...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the Metropolitan see of the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, consisting of the additional suffragan sees of Aberdeen, Argyll and the Isles, Dunkeld, and Galloway. The Archdiocese is led by the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, currently Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien. After the Scottish Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church abandoned the ancient dioceses and hierarchy. In 1653, the whole of Scotland became under the authority the Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland, which in...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is the name of a Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland, immediately subject to the Holy See, comprising the Cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud and Neuchatel, with the exception of certain parishes of the right bank of the Rhone belonging to the Diocese of Sion (Sitten). It was created by the merger in 1821 of the Bishopric of Lausanne and the Bishopric of Geneva, both former prince-bishoprics. Until 1924, it was called the Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva. The diocese is seated at Fribourg; it has 680,000...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Italian Catholic diocese of Orvieto-Todi, in central Italy, was created in 1986 when the historical diocese of Orvieto was united to the diocese of Todi. This diocese is directly subject to the Holy See. During the Gothic War, Orvieto was defended by the Goths for a long time. Later, it fell into the hands of the Lombards (606). From the latter end of the tenth century the city was governed by consuls, who, however, took the oath of fealty to the bishop; but from 1201 it governed itself through a podesta (in that year, the Bishop Richard) and a captain of the people. On account of its position, Orvieto was...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima. It comprises the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma. Also known as the See of Santa Rosa in California, it is led by a bishop, currently Daniel F. Walsh, who pastors the motherchurch in the City of Santa Rosa, the Cathedral of Saint Eugene. Данное издание не является оригинальным....

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hankou is an archdiocese located in the city of Hankou in China. An archbishop (from Greek -, chief, and , bishop) is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest (presbyter) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop by ordination. Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and duties of oversight over the other sees. He is known as the metropolitan archbishop of that see. In the Roman Catholic Church, canon 436 of the Code of Canon Law indicates what these powers and duties are for a Latin Rite...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wuchang is a diocese located in the city of Wuchang in the Ecclesiastical province of Hankou in China. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The archbishop may have metropolitan authority over any other (then 'suffragan') bishops and their dioceses within his ecclesiastical province. Данное издание не является...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Naval (Lat: Dioecesis Navaliensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Erected in 1988, the diocese was created from territory in both the Archdiocese of Palo, to which the diocese remains a suffragan. The first and only bishop is Filomeno Gonzales Bactol , appointed in 1988. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in New Zealand is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. It was formed on 6 March 1980 from a portion of the territory in the Diocese of Auckland. The Latin Rite Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, one of the two original dioceses in New Zealand (along with the Diocese of Auckland, erected as a suffragan diocese on 20 June 1848) dates its formal history from when the Church erected it on 20 June 1848. (Previously the Church government operated within the framework of the Apostolic Vicariate of New Zealand, erected in 1842, and with Jean...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Diamantina (Latin: Adamantin(us)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Diamantina in Brazil. An archbishop (from Greek -, chief, and , bishop) is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest (presbyter) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop by ordination. Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and duties of oversight over the other sees. He is known as the metropolitan archbishop of that see. In the Roman Catholic Church, canon 436 of the Code of Canon Law indicates what these powers and...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Catholic Church in Saudi Arabia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. Saudi Arabia forms part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia and the Vicar Apostolic Bishop Paul Hinder is based in Abu Dhabi. According to data from the Catholic Web portal AsiaNews.it there are estimated to be more than 1 million Roman Catholics in Saudi Arabia, most of them Filipino workers without citizenship. It is estimated that at least 5% of Saudi Arabia is Christian, though some of these people do not have permanent residence. Saudi Arabia allows Roman...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mont-Laurier is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec. It is currently led by Bishop Vital Masse. As of 2004, the diocese contains 51 parishes, 32 active diocesan priests, 7 religious priests, and 82,000 Catholics. It also has 66 Women Religious, and 15 Religious Brothers. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiaba is an archdiocese located in the city of Cuiaba in Brazil. An archbishop (from Greek -, chief, and , bishop) is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest (presbyter) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop by ordination. Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and duties of oversight over the other sees. He is known as the metropolitan archbishop of that see. In the Roman Catholic Church, canon 436 of the Code of Canon Law indicates what these powers and duties are for a Latin Rite...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares in Mexico (erected 30 April 1962) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. The Archdiocese of Monterrey (Latin: Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a Metropolitan Archidiocese; its suffragans dioceses include the dioceses of Ciudad Valles, Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and Tampico. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...

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