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 Shunde/Shunteh/Xingtai is a diocese located in the city of Shunde in the Ecclesiastical province of Beijing 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 Maiduguri (Latin: Maidugurien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Maiduguri in the Ecclesiastical province of Jos 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 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 Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, officially in Latin Dioecesis Honoluluensis, is an ecclesiastical territory or particular church of the Catholic Church in the United States. The diocese comprises the entire state of Hawai‘i and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands. The diocese is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco and a part of the ecclesiastical province that includes the San Francisco archdiocese and the suffragan dioceses of Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton. The patrons of the Diocese of Honolulu are the Blessed Virgin Mary,...

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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 Goias (Latin: Goiasen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Goias in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiania 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 Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town (Latin: Archidioecesis Civitatis Capitis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope on June 18, 1818 by Pope Pius VII, and renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope, Western District on July 30, 1847 and as the Apostolic Vicariate of Cape Town on June 13, 1939. Pope Pius XII elevated it to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on January 11, 1951, with the suffragan sees of Aliwal, De Aar, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth, and Queenstown. The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of...

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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 of Latvia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are around 430,235 Catholics — around 17% of the total population. The Roman Catholic Church has been present in the area that now constitutes the Republic of Latvia since Saint Canute IV in the mid-11th century brought Christianity to Courland and Livonia and the first Christian church was built 1048 in Courland. Bishop Albert of Riga and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword were the first to initiate organized Christianization of all the indigenous people 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Matadi (Latin: Matadien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Matadi in the Ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa 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 archdiocese. Данное...

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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 Bolivia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. Catholicism was introduced in the 1530s, and the first diocese was established in 1552. Evangelization among the Indians bore much fruit from the mid-18th to early 19th century, resuming again in 1840. The country declared independence from Spain in 1825. Relations between Church and state are guided by a concordat signed with the Holy See in 1951. Today, Bolivia is a predominantly Catholic country and Catholicism is the state religion. There about seven million...

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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 Roseau (Latin: Dioecesis Rosensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the entirety of the country of Dominica. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Castries, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. The diocese of Roseau was erected in 1850. The territory was previously part of the former Vicariate Apostolic of Trinidad. 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...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica (erected 28 February 1850 as the Diocese of San Jose de Costa Rica) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese, responsible for the dioceses of Alajuela, Cartago, Ciudad Quesada, Limon, Puntarenas, San Isidro de El General and Tilaran.The see was elevated to an archdiocese on 16 February 1921. 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 a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. 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 Archdiocese of Auch, otherwise known in antiquity as Augusta Auscorum, is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in France. The archdiocese now comprises the department of Gers in south-west France. It now is officially Auch, Condom, Lectoure and Lombez. The archdiocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toulouse, and the current bishop is Maurice Marcel Gardes, appointed in 2004. Originally erected in the 6th century as the diocese of Auch, the diocese was elevated in 847 to an archdiocese. As a metropolitan see at the time, it had ten suffragan sees: Acqs (Dax) and Aire,...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario and includes the suffragan dioceses of Hearst, Pembroke, and the Timmins. It is currently led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast. It was elevated to archdiocese status on June 8, 1886. As of 2004, the archdiocese contains 111 parishes, 177 active diocesan priests, 102 religious priests, and 400,000 Catholics. It also has 848 Women Religious, 147 Religious Brothers, and 60 permanent deacons. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

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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 Portuguese Catholic diocese of Vila Real has existed since 1022. In that year it was formed from territories in the diocese of Braganca-Miranda, archdiocese of Braga, and diocese of Lamego. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga, in the Norte region, with its see at Vila Real. The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Braganca-Miranda, in the north-east of Portugal, is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. The see was erected in 1545 by Pope Paul III in the town of Miranda do Douro bordering on Spain, its territory being taken from the Archdiocese of Braga. Pope Clement XIV in 1770 transferred it to...

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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 Kafanchan (Latin: Kafancan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Kafanchan in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna 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. This structure of church governance is known as...

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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 Saltillo (erected 23 June 1891) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Monterrey. The Franciscan Father Andres de Leon was one of the first missionaries in this territory in the sixteenth century. In 1827 the name of Saltillo was changed to Ciudad Leona Vicario, in honor of the Mexican heroine of that name, but the original name always prevailed. The Franciscan Fathers of the Province of Jalisco had eight missions in Coahuila, which, in 1777, formed part of the See of Linares, or Monterey, and belonged to it until 1891, when Pope Leo XIII erected the See of Saltillo with...

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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 Xiangyang/Siangyang is a diocese located in the city of Xiangyang 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 Jhansi (Latin: Ihansien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Jhansi in the Ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. 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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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden (Dutch: Bisdom Groningen-Leeuwarden; Latin: Dioecesis Groningensis-Leovardiensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern Netherlands. It encompasses the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, as well as the Noordoostpolder, a part of the province of Flevoland. The diocese was erected on 2 February 1956 as the Diocese of Groningen. Its current name was created on 4 February 2006. There are some 110,000 Catholics (or 6.2 % of the total population) living in the diocese, making it the smallest Dutch diocese in population, even while it is the largest in area,...

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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 Fengxiang is a diocese located in the city of Fengxiang in the Ecclesiastical province of Xi'an 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 archdiocese. 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 Church in Djibouti is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are around 7,000 Catholics - just over 1% of the total population. The country forms a single diocese - the Diocese of Djibouti. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti (Latin: Gibuten(sis)) is a diocese located in the country of Djibouti. 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...

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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 Saint Joseph was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northwestern part of the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on March 3, 1868, with territories taken from the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Its first bishop was John Joseph Hogan. On July 2, 1956, the diocese lost territory to the newly-erected Diocese of Jefferson City and Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, the remainder being incorporated into the Diocese of Kansas City, which was renamed the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. 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 Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos (Latin: Mission Sui Iuris Turcensium et Caicensium) is a mission sui iuris of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The mission encompasses the entirety of the British dependency of Turks and Caicos. The mission is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nassau and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. The mission of Turks and Caicos was erected from the Archdiocese of Nassau on 10 June 1984. It was initially attached to the Archdiocese of Nassau, with the Archbishop of Nassau serving as the supperior and staffed by priests from...

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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 Punto Fijo (Latin: Punctifixen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Punto Fijo in the Ecclesiastical province of Coro in Venezuela. 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 Archdiocese of Benin City is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Benin City in Nigeria. 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...

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. The diocese was erected by Pope Pius VII on April 8, 1808, from territories of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Originally the diocese included all of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and seven counties and parts of three counties in New Jersey. The diocese was raised to the dignity of a metropolitan archdiocese on February 12, 1875. The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral-Basilica of Ss. Peter Данное издание не...

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