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 Qizhou/Kichow/Qichun is a diocese located in the city of Qizhou 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 Archbishop of San Francisco is the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties in California, the United States. The archbishop is the metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, which includes the suffragan dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton. The current[update] archbishop is the Most Reverend George Hugh Niederauer, who was installed as the eighth Archbishop of San Francisco on February 15, 2006. He...

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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 Dedougou (Latin: Deduguen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Dedougou in the Ecclesiastical province of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. 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 Leon (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of Leon, Guanajuato. It currently covers an area of 41,940 km , and has a population of 6,500,000, including the states of Guanajuato and Queretaro. It was created as the Diocese of Leon on January 26, 1863 by Pope Pius IX, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on November 25, 2006, with the suffragan sees of Celaya, Irapuato, and Queretaro. The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Luz. The current...

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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 Archdiocese of Toamasina (Latin: Toamasinen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Toamasina. It was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, February 26, 2010. The Ecclesiastical Province of Toamasina will have as suffragan dioceses the dioceses of Ambatondrazaka, Moramanga, and Fenoarivo-Atsinana. 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....

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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 Ootacamund (Latin: Ootacamunden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ootacamund in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. 'History of the Diocese' The Diocese of Ootacamund came into being by the Apostolic Constitution “Nuntiatur in Psalmis” of Pope Pius XII, which was promulgated on July 3rd, 1955. It came into being by partition from the mother diocese, Mysore, of which it had been a part from 1941-1955. Comprising the whole of the Nilgiris District and a part of Erode District which lies to the north of river Bhavani, the diocese covers an area of...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Archdiocese of Gniezno is an archdiocese located in the city of Gniezno in Poland. 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 metropolitan...

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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 Church in Zambia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are about three million Catholics in the country - about a quarter of the total population. There are ten dioceses including one archdiocese. For further details see History of Church activities in Zambia. Christianity has been very much at the heart of the narrative the Zambian region since the European colonial explorations into the interior of Africa in the mid 19th century. The area features heavily in the accounts of David Livingstone's journeys in Central...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Church arrived in the Kingdom of Kongo shortly after the first Portuguese explorers reached its shores in 1483. After an exchange of hostages, the ruling king, Nzinga a Nkuwu agreed to allow missionaries to come to his country and to learn more about Christianity. The missionaries arrived early in 1491, and baptized the provincial ruler of Soyo whose lands were located on the Atlantic coast, before moving to the royal capital in April and May. According to Portuguese accounts, Nzinga a Nkuwu was further convinced to the Christian message when he witnessed what he and the priests both regarded as a miracle: two of the king's subjects dreamed simultaneously of beautiful woman...

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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 Avila (Latin: Abulen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Avila in the Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain. 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-de-Paix (erected 3 October 1861) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien (erected 3 October 1861, as the Diocese of Cap-Haitien) is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Fort-Liberte, Hinche, Les Gonaives and Port-de-Paix. It was elevated on 7 April 1988. In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop (then more precisely called metropolitan archbishop) of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamien (Latin: Sedinen(sis) – Caminen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the cities of Szczecin and Kamien Pomorski in Poland. A Diocese is the district or see under the pastoral care of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. In some forms of Christianity, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area (as in United Methodism)/episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bishop, and bishopric to the post of being bishop. Данное издание не является оригинальным....

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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 Leeds is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite centred around Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Diocese of Leeds was made to cover the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, while the Diocese of Middlesbrough took over the organisation of the rest of Yorkshire. The diocese was created on 20 December 1878 when the then Diocese of Beverley, which covered the whole of Yorkshire, was divided into the Diocese of Leeds, covering the West...

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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 Pagadian (Lat: Dioecesis Pagadianensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Created in November 12, 1971, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ozamis. With the ceding of the municipality of Margosatubig of the Ipil Prelature to the Diocese of Pagadian in January 1995, the diocese now has 24 parishes under its jurisdiction. The catholic Christian population covered by the diocese is now 711,244 that comprises 72% of the total population of the area of about 2,860 square kilometers. 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Dori (Latin: Dorien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Dori in the Ecclesiastical province of Koupela in Burkina Faso. 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 Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Catholic Church, together with the Pope. It coordinates and provides the necessary central organization for the correct functioning of the Church and the achievement of its goals. Curia in medieval and later Latin usage means "court" in the sense of "royal court" rather than "court of law". The Roman Curia, then, sometimes anglicized as the Court of Rome, as in the 1534 Act of the English Parliament that forbade appeals to it from England,[3] is the Papal Court, and assists the Pope in carrying out his functions. 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 Isiro–Niangara (Latin: Isiren(sis) – Niangaraen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Isiro–Niangara in the Ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Archdiocese of Huambo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Huambo in Angola. An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church (both Latin and Eastern Catholic) and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion. In the early church, and in some modern churches, its chief city and seat is called a metropolis and its bishop is called a metropolitan. Ecclesiastical provinces first assumed a fixed form in the Eastern Roman Empire. The more important centres (e.g. Antioch for Syria, Ephesus for the Province of Asia,...

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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 Wagga Wagga (Latin: Dioecesis Corvopolitana) is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland-Newcastle, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia-Forbes and Wollongong. The Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Australia, as well as the Eastern Rite Melkite Catholic Eparchy of St Michael, Archangel and the Maronite Diocese of St Maroun are also attached to the archdiocese....

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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 Nelson (erected 22 February 1936) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. The diocese contains 31 parishes, 27 diocesan priests, 8 religious priests and serves 75,000 Catholics. It also has 19 religious sisters and supports 7 Catholic schools. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of British Columbia. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province which includes the suffragan dioceses of Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Victoria. The Archdiocese is led by Archbishop John Michael Miller....

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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 Helena (Latin: Dioecesis Helenensis) is the Catholic diocese for western Montana. It was erected from the year-old Vicarate of Montana on March 7, 1884, while the Montana was still a territory. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Portland, which encompasses Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. For its first twenty years, the diocese served all of Montana. In 1904 the new Diocese of Great Falls was formed to serve eastern Montana. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Portuguese Catholic archdiocese of Evora has Evora Cathedral as its see. It has as suffragans the diocese of Beja and diocese of Faro. Evora was raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1544, at which time it was given as suffragans the diocese of Leiria and diocese of Portalegre; in 1570 and later were added the diocese of Silves, diocese of Ceuta, diocese of Congo, diocese of Santo Thome, diocese of Funchal, diocese of Cabo Verde, and diocese of Angra. Its bishop, Quintianus, was present at the Council of Elvira early in the fourth century. There exists no complete list of his successors for the next two centuries, though some are known from ancient diptychs. In 584 the Visigothic king,...

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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 Church in Slovenia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are over one million Catholics in the country (about 58% of the total population). The country is divided into six dioceses, including two archdioceses. The diocese of Maribor was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006. Additionally, the pope created three new sees, namely Novo Mesto, Celje and Murska Sobota. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than...

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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 Morombe is a diocese located in the city of Morombe in the Ecclesiastical province of Toliara in Madagascar. 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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States. It includes all the Iowa counties north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties. It also includes the counties east of Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster and Boone counties. The Archdiocese has an area of about 17,400 square miles (45,000 km ). The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, claiming more than a billion members. Its leader is the Pope. The Church defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering...

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