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293:. The migration of the nations, however, prevented an equally stable formation of ecclesiastical provinces in the Christian West as in the East. It was only after the 5th century that such gradually developed, mostly in accordance with the ancient divisions of the Roman Empire. In Italy alone, on account of the central ecclesiastical position of Rome, this development was slower. However, at the end of antiquity the existence of church provinces as the basis of ecclesiastical administration was fairly universal in the West. In the
258:. From the end of that century the summons to attend these increasingly important synods was usually issued by the bishop of the capital or metropolis of the province, who also presided over the assembly, especially in the East. Important communications were also forwarded to the bishop of the provincial capital to be brought to the notice of the other bishops. Thus in the East during the 3rd century the bishop of the provincial metropolis came gradually to occupy a certain superior position, and received the name of metropolitan.
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was given the right to consecrate metropolitan bishops in all regions that were placed under his supreme jurisdiction. In time, previous administrative autonomy of original ecclesiastical provinces was gradually and systematically reduced in favor of patriarchal centralization. Ancient practice of
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The borders of a religious institute's provinces are determined independently of any diocesan structure, and so the borders often differ from the 'secular', or diocesan, ecclesiastical provinces. The orders' provinces are usually far larger than a diocese, a secular province, or even a country,
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of the diocese fails to elect one within the prescribed period. A metropolitan generally presides at the installation and consecration of a new bishop in the province. The tribunal of the metropolitan see generally serves as the first court of appeal regarding canonical matters of provincial
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being recognized as primate of the dioceses of
Northern Africa; metropolitans of the separate provinces gradually appear, although the boundaries of these provinces did not coincide with the divisions of the empire. A similar development was witnessed in
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has regional jurisdiction over four local dioceses. On the other hand, a majority of
Eastern Orthodox Churches remain and function as highly centralized church bodies, each of them functioning as a single ecclesiastical province.
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of 341, can. ix), it was a principle that every civil province was likewise a church province under the supreme direction of the metropolitan, i.e. of the bishop of the provincial capital.
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annual councils of provincial bishops, headed by their local metropolitans, was also abandoned in favor of centralized councils, headed by patriarchs and attended by metropolitan bishops.
655:) is in American Samoa (an unincorporated territory of the United States). Even individual dioceses, let alone ecclesiastical provinces, can comprise more than one state: examples are
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there are six regional metropolitanates, headed by local metropolitans who preside over regional synods of local bishops, and have special duties and privileges. For example, the
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its leader reports directly to the pope. Other non-metropolitan archdioceses, in contrast, are not exempt. Their archbishops report directly to metropolitan archbishops.
763:. Some provinces are coterminous with the boundaries of political states, some include multiple nations while others include only parts of a nation. Some, such as the
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This division into ecclesiastical provinces did not develop so early in the
Western Empire. In North Africa the first metropolitan appears during the 4th century, the
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are not organized by provinces. In general, they organise their administration through autonomous houses, in some cases grouped in larger families. For example, each
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716:(1018) was structured as a single ecclesiastical province, headed by an archbishop who had jurisdiction over all of his suffragan bishops. In 1219, autocephalous
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In at least one case, a province contains dioceses that are in more than one nation, e.g., the
Province of Samoa-Apia, of which the metropolitan see (the
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Maryland is unusual in that fourteen of its 23 counties belong to dioceses whose see cities are outside
Maryland: (1) the nine counties of Maryland's
265:(325) this position of the metropolitan was taken for granted, and was made the basis for conceding to him definite rights over the other bishops and
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254:. From the second half of the 2nd century, the bishops of these provinces were accustomed to assemble on important occasions for common counsel in
444:, two of them in the United States and Canada. Some other Eastern Catholic Churches of a lower category and generally less populous, are known as
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In geographically large nations with a sizeable
Catholic population, such as the United States, ecclesiastical provinces typically follow state
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in 1922), had ecclesiastical provinces (Kirchenprovinzen) as administrative subsections mostly following the boundaries of those political
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767:, have the word "province" in their names. These member churches are known as "provinces of the Anglican Communion", and are headed by a
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was also organized as one ecclesiastical province, headed by archbishop with direct jurisdiction over all
Serbian bishops. By the end of
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164:, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the
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In France, where the boundaries partly reflected later Roman provinces, most were rearranged in 2002 to fit new administrative regions.
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church body continued without status as ecclesiastical province till 1939, then merged in the
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Scotland, the dioceses, and subsequently the two provinces, follow both civil and geographical boundaries such as rivers.
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from the authority of a metropolitan archbishop, instead reporting directly to the pope. For example, the bishop of the
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within a member church, commonly known as a metropolitical province, metropolitan province, or internal province. The
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1683:(north), Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia (east), Ecclesiastical Province of Posen-West Prussia (southwest),
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which formed part of the state before 1866, with some border changes after 1920 following WWI territorial cessions.
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The authority of a Latin Church metropolitan over the other sees within his province is now very limited. During a
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1886â1933: general superintendent, 1933â1945: provincial bishop and general superintendent for Memel (1939â1944)
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In southern Germany, the diocesan boundaries follow the political boundaries that existed between 1815 and 1945.
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1933â1935: provincial bishops of Berlin and of Brandenburg, provosts of Kurmark and of New March-Lower Lusatia
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1714:. This is true of most, though not all, religious communities founded after the year AD 1000, as well as the
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771:, who is usually also styled archbishop, but may have an alternative title such as primus (for example, the
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531:, with less populous states being grouped into provinces. In the United States, there are five exceptions:
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The borders of provinces have often been inspired, or even determined, by historical or present political
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Many countries contain more than one province, except those with a small population or few Catholics.
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497:, but the ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses do not coincide with the present civil province and
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1829â1933: general superintendents for (1) Berlin inner city, (2) Berlin suburbia (1911â1933), (3)
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A few archdioceses do not belong to provinces and contain no suffragan dioceses. For example, the
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472:; the same is often true of diocesan borders within a province. The following are some examples:
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jurisdictions was also marked by tendencies of internal centralization. The newly created
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was influenced by strong tendencies of internal administrative centralization. Since the
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diocesan tribunals. The metropolitan's insignia is the pallium. The article in the
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List of Metropolitan Archdioceses, including all Catholic ecclesiastical provinces
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headed by diocesan bishops or territorial prelatures and missions sui iuris. The
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of the state province. In Eastern canon law since the 4th century (cf. also the
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and have a certain degree of self-rule. A bishop of such province is called the
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is an independent foundation, but will often choose to group themselves into
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Ecclesiastical provinces first corresponded to the civil provinces of the
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shows that the metropolitan then had scarcely any more power than now.
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is a collection of those dioceses (as a basic unit of administration).
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regional synod, regional ecclesiastical council (Landeskirchenrat),
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de facto dissolved by flight, murder and expulsion of parishioners
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and, in suffragan eparchies, ahead of that of the local hierarch.
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they were reorganized, and have retained their place ever since.
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formations of the western world in early medieval times (see
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California has two metropolitan archdioceses and provinces:
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provincial synod, 4 consistories in Magdeburg (1815â2008),
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in a suffragan diocese, the metropolitan names a temporary
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The Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance
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third ed., (Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2000),
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Texas has two metropolitan archdioceses and provinces:
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Over the years certain provinces adopted the status of
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Regional Synodal Federation of the Free City of Danzig
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Ecclesiastical Province of Posen-West Prussia (west),
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624:âand part of a third county, i.e., those parts of the
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Evangelical State Church in Prussia's older Provinces
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in 1152 reflected the contemporary boundaries of the
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of CorfuâZakynthosâKefalonia
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though sometimes they are smaller in an institute's
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Province of the Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia
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Leading bodies (legislation, executive) and persons
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Ecclesiastical Province of the March of Brandenburg
582:, a part of Suffolk County, New York, and north of
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1153:Regional Synodal Federation of the Memel Territory
203:). The administrative seat of each province is an
1945:
1194:United Evangelical Church in Polish Upper Silesia
593:Those parts of Idaho and Montana that are within
300:
238:all have provinces. These provinces are led by a
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864:Episcopal Church in the United States of America
786:The word is also used to refer to a grouping of
590:, Connecticut, which is in a different province.
1356:Ecclesiastical Province of Posen-West Prussia
1050:Ecclesiastical Region of Danzig-West Prussia
456:of that Church immediately after that of the
1056:Ecclesiastical Region of Danzig-West Prussia
1025:Landessynodalverband der Freien Stadt Danzig
892:Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
601:, Wyoming, which is in a different province.
463:
1795:List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
1040:regional synod (Landessynode), consistory,
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384:Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Boniface
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1789:List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
1436:Ecclesiastical Province of the Rhineland
1187:Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia
1179:regional synod, consistory (est. 1927),
1005:Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg
907:Congregations comprised were located in
866:(ECUSA) numbers, rather than names, its
312:List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
129:over all other bishops of the province.
32:This article includes a list of general
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1646:Ecclesiastical Province of West Prussia
1131:minus West Prussia governorate in 1940
1097:Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia
1044:1933â1940: provincial bishop of Danzig
773:Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
230:(both Latin and Eastern Catholic), the
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925:Ecclesiastical Province of Brandenburg
521:, which is part of the United Kingdom.
1604:Ecclesiastical Province of Westphalia
1390:Ecclesiastical Province of Pomerania
1125:plus West Prussia governorate in 1922
978:provincial synod (Provinzialsynode),
765:Church of the Province of West Africa
744:
352:There are exceptions to these rules:
2171:Types of Roman Catholic organization
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1343:Unierte Evangelische Kirche in Polen
1247:Ecclesiastical Province of Pomerania
1181:general superintendent (as of 1926)
826:, and an extraprovincial diocese of
794:is divided into two such provinces:
18:
1685:United Evangelical Church in Poland
1485:Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
1347:Ewangelicki KoĆciĂłĆ Unijny w Polsce
1332:United Evangelical Church in Poland
884:Evangelical State Church in Prussia
878:Evangelical State Church in Prussia
708:The creation of new autonomous and
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1674:1883â1920: general superintendent
1546:Ecclesiastical Province of Silesia
1396:Ecclesiastical Province of Prussia
967:(politically separate since 1881)
612:(New Mexico) contains two Arizona
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38:it lacks sufficient corresponding
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1763:based on historical connections.
1492:Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony
505:in 1920â1922 six dioceses in the
388:Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir
380:Metropolitan Archdiocese of Udine
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1737:and many others, for instance).
1639:Evangelical Church of Westphalia
1367:Kirchenprovinz Posen-WestpreuĂen
1296:Ecclesiastical Province of Posen
1164:Landessynodalverband Memelgebiet
1067:Kirchengebiet Danzig-WestpreuĂen
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2161:Types of Christian organization
1129:plus Memel Territory March 1939
1042:1922-1933: general supintendent
954:Kirchenprovinz Mark Brandenburg
438:Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
376:Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
333:of the metropolitan see is the
2176:Types of geographical division
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1422:provincial synod, consistory,
1382:provincial synod, consistory,
1322:provincial synod, consistory,
1280:provincial synod, consistory,
1139:provincial synod, consistory,
751:Anglican Communion § Provinces
301:Provincial church organisation
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1783:List of Catholic archdioceses
1597:Evangelical Church of Silesia
1289:Pomeranian Evangelical Church
1127:minus Memel Territory in 1925
1073:Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
900:
487:four ecclesiastical provinces
316:
179:(sometimes more precisely as
85:is one of the basic forms of
804:Anglican Church of Australia
671:and part of Spain), and the
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2119:Kiminas, Demetrius (2009).
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1574:(1919â1938, and 1941â1945)
886:, formed in 1821 (renamed:
874:with the title archbishop.
702:Patriarch of Constantinople
341:of church provinces in the
127:ecclesiastical jurisdiction
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93:, including those of both
2166:Episcopacy in Anglicanism
1718:, who date from earlier.
1572:Province of Upper Silesia
1568:Province of Lower Silesia
1116:Kirchenprovinz OstpreuĂen
918:
916:Status as eccl. province
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832:Anglican Church of Canada
759:are often referred to as
698:Fourth Ecumenical Council
649:Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
595:Yellowstone National Park
570:Archdiocese of Washington
464:Provincial boundary lines
426:Eastern Catholic Churches
369:Archdiocese of Strasbourg
109:), one of them being the
2156:Ecclesiastical provinces
1797:(including archdioceses)
1791:(including archdioceses)
1663:Province of West Prussia
1615:Kirchenprovinz Westfalen
1557:Kirchenprovinz Schlesien
1478:general superintendents
1447:Kirchenprovinz Rheinland
1122:Province of East Prussia
915:
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729:Romanian Orthodox Church
694:First Ecumenical Council
574:Archdiocese of Baltimore
511:the international border
1946:Ioannes Paulus PP. II.
1877:Ecclesiastical Province
1815:H.S. Long, ed. (1964).
1729:; provincial prior for
1632:general superintendent
1455:, western parts of the
1424:general superintendent
1324:general superintendent
960:Province of Brandenburg
919:Successor organisation
755:Member churches of the
733:Metropolitan of Oltenia
718:Serbian Orthodox Church
690:Eastern Orthodox Church
684:Eastern Orthodox Church
263:First Council of Nicaea
240:metropolitan archbishop
83:ecclesiastical province
53:more precise citations.
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1621:Province of Westphalia
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1503:Kirchenprovinz Sachsen
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1407:Kirchenprovinz PreuĂen
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1082:no synod, consistory,
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714:Archbishopric of Ohrid
657:San Marino-Montefeltro
404:diocesan administrator
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1882:Catholic Encyclopedia
1840:F. Bauer, W. Danker,
1821:www.mikrosapoplous.gr
1817:"Diogenis Laertius 8"
1626:MĂŒnster in Westphalia
1461:Hohenzollern Province
1418:Königsberg in Prussia
1265:Province of Pomerania
1135:Königsberg in Prussia
749:Further information:
566:Diocese of Wilmington
414:Catholic Encyclopedia
337:of the province. The
310:Further information:
1694:Religious institutes
1580:(till end of 1946),
1524:Stolberg at the Harz
1307:Kirchenprovinz Posen
896:Provinces of Prussia
806:has five provinces:
663:and part of Italy),
503:Partition of Ireland
434:major archiepiscopal
99:Eastern Christianity
95:Western Christianity
1897:"Code of Canon Law"
1723:provincial superior
1563:Province of Silesia
1413:Province of Prussia
1031:Free City of Danzig
872:metropolitan bishop
679:and part of Italy).
599:Diocese of Cheyenne
515:Republic of Ireland
501:borders. Since the
345:is reserved to the
220:metropolitan bishop
195:as well as certain
119:metropolitan bishop
1704:religious province
1702:, or occasionally
1509:Province of Saxony
1223:East Upper Silesia
757:Anglican Communion
745:Anglican Communion
588:Diocese of Norwich
564:) are part of the
562:Delmarva Peninsula
507:province of Armagh
406:if the college of
327:suffragan dioceses
295:Carolingian period
278:Bishop of Carthage
236:Anglican Communion
175:In the history of
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824:Western Australia
792:Church of England
610:Diocese of Gallup
608:In addition, the
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