bishopric (The office of bishop)

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• Bishop (Latter Day Saints) — Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the Latter Day Saint movement. A bishop is usually the leader of a local congregation of church members. The Latter Day Saint concept of the office differs significantly from… …   Wikipedia

• Bishop — Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf. {Episcopal}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bishop in partibus infidelium — Bishop Bish op, n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. ?, ? over + ? inspector, fr. root of ?, ?, to look to, perh. akin to L. specere to look at. See {Spy}, and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bishop — A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. The office of bishop is one of the three ministerial offices within Christianity, the other two being… …   Wikipedia

• bishopric — noun Etymology: Middle English bisshopriche, from Old English bisceoprīce, from bisceop + rīce kingdom more at rich Date: before 12th century 1. diocese 2. the office of bishop 3. the administrative body of a Mormon ward consisting of a bishop… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Bishop of Kilmore — The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore in County Cavan, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics …   Wikipedia

• Bishop of Ardagh — The Bishop of Ardagh was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardagh in County Longford, Ireland. It was used by the Roman Catholic Church until 1756, and intermittently by the Church of Ireland until 1839.[1][2]… …   Wikipedia

• Bishopric of Cammin — Bistum Cammin or Kammin State of the Holy Roman Empire ← …   Wikipedia

• Bishop of Down — The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick (Down Cathedral) …   Wikipedia

• The Pope —     The Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope     (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633).     The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Bishop of London — bishopric bishopric=London province=Canterbury diocese=London founded=4th century, but current establishment from 604 cathedral=St Paul s Cathedral incumbent=Richard Chartres signs=LondinThe Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of… …   Wikipedia