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304:. 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
269:. 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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707:(325), the Archbishop of Alexandria was given supreme jurisdiction over all provinces of Egypt. Similar authority was also granted to Archbishop of Antioch regarding jurisdiction over provinces of Orient. Since the
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Only in modern times, some
Eastern Orthodox Churches have revived the ancient practice by creating internal ecclesiastical provinces on the middle (regional) level of church administration. In the
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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.
666:) 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
735:, each autocephalous and autonomous church in Eastern Orthodoxy was functioning as a single, internally integrated ecclesiastical province, headed by local patriarch or archbishop.
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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.
774:. 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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727:(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
1479:
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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
276:(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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265:. From the second half of the 2nd century, the bishops of these provinces were accustomed to assemble on important occasions for common counsel in
455:, 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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394:
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778:, 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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175:, 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
Ecclesiastical Province of Silesia
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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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1609:(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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1933–1935: provincial bishops of Berlin and of Brandenburg, provosts of Kurmark and of New March-Lower Lusatia
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1640:. This is true of most, though not all, religious communities founded after the year AD 1000, as well as the
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782:, who is usually also styled archbishop, but may have an alternative title such as primus (for example, the
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542:, with less populous states being grouped into provinces. In the United States, there are five exceptions:
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Many countries contain more than one province, except those with a small population or few Catholics.
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508:, but the ecclesiastical provinces and dioceses do not coincide with the present civil province and
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1829–1933: general superintendents for (1) Berlin inner city, (2) Berlin suburbia (1911–1933), (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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483:; the same is often true of diocesan borders within a province. The following are some examples:
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Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia (east), Ecclesiastical Province of West Prussia (west)
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in France is not part of a province and has no diocesan bishops reporting to its archbishop.
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jurisdictions was also marked by tendencies of internal centralization. The newly created
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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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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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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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A few dioceses are not part of any province. Their bishops are
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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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Evangelical Church of the Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony
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provincial synod, 4 consistories in Magdeburg (1815–2008),
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in a suffragan diocese, the metropolitan names a temporary
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218:. In hierarchical Christian churches that have dioceses, a
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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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635:—and part of a third county, i.e., those parts of the
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Unierte Evangelische Kirche in Polnisch Oberschlesien
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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 Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia
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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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Ewangelicki Kościół Unijny na polskim Górnym Śląsku
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Ecclesiastical Province of the March of Brandenburg
593:, a part of Suffolk County, New York, and north of
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1139:Regional Synodal Federation of the Memel Territory
214:). The administrative seat of each province is an
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1175:United Evangelical Church in Polish Upper Silesia
604:Those parts of Idaho and Montana that are within
311:
249:all have provinces. These provinces are led by a
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875:Episcopal Church in the United States of America
797:The word is also used to refer to a grouping of
601:, Connecticut, which is in a different province.
1317:Ecclesiastical Province of Posen-West Prussia
1046:Ecclesiastical Region of Danzig-West Prussia
467:of that Church immediately after that of the
1052:Ecclesiastical Region of Danzig-West Prussia
1021:Landessynodalverband der Freien Stadt Danzig
903:Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
612:, Wyoming, which is in a different province.
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1721:List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
1036:regional synod (Landessynode), consistory,
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1168:Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia
1160:regional synod, consistory (est. 1927),
1006:Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg
918:Congregations comprised were located in
877:(ECUSA) numbers, rather than names, its
323:List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
140:over all other bishops of the province.
43:This article includes a list of general
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1577:Ecclesiastical Province of West Prussia
1117:minus West Prussia governorate in 1940
1088:Ecclesiastical Province of East Prussia
1040:1933–1940: provincial bishop of Danzig
784:Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
241:(both Latin and Eastern Catholic), the
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936:Ecclesiastical Province of Brandenburg
532:, which is part of the United Kingdom.
1540:Ecclesiastical Province of Westphalia
1346:Ecclesiastical Province of Pomerania
1111:plus West Prussia governorate in 1922
979:provincial synod (Provinzialsynode),
776:Church of the Province of West Africa
755:
363:There are exceptions to these rules:
2097:Types of Roman Catholic organization
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1304:Unierte Evangelische Kirche in Polen
1223:Ecclesiastical Province of Pomerania
1162:general superintendent (as of 1926)
837:, and an extraprovincial diocese of
805:is divided into two such provinces:
29:
1611:United Evangelical Church in Poland
1431:Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
1308:Ewangelicki Kościół Unijny w Polsce
1298:United Evangelical Church in Poland
895:Evangelical State Church in Prussia
889:Evangelical State Church in Prussia
719:The creation of new autonomous and
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1600:1883–1920: general superintendent
1487:Ecclesiastical Province of Silesia
1352:Ecclesiastical Province of Prussia
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623:(New Mexico) contains two Arizona
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49:it lacks sufficient corresponding
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1689:based on historical connections.
1438:Ecclesiastical Province of Saxony
516:in 1920–1922 six dioceses in the
399:Metropolitan Archdiocese of Izmir
391:Metropolitan Archdiocese of Udine
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1323:Kirchenprovinz Posen-Westpreußen
1267:Ecclesiastical Province of Posen
1145:Landessynodalverband Memelgebiet
1058:Kirchengebiet Danzig-Westpreußen
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1038:1922-1933: general supintendent
955:Kirchenprovinz Mark Brandenburg
449:Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
387:Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
344:of the metropolitan see is the
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1338:provincial synod, consistory,
1288:provincial synod, consistory,
1251:provincial synod, consistory,
1125:provincial synod, consistory,
762:Anglican Communion § Provinces
312:Provincial church organisation
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1260:Pomeranian Evangelical Church
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1064:Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
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498:four ecclesiastical provinces
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190:(sometimes more precisely as
96:is one of the basic forms of
815:Anglican Church of Australia
682:and part of Spain), and the
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1510:(1919—1938, and 1941–1945)
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713:Patriarch of Constantinople
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138:ecclesiastical jurisdiction
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2092:Episcopacy in Anglicanism
1644:, who date from earlier.
1508:Province of Upper Silesia
1504:Province of Lower Silesia
1102:Kirchenprovinz Ostpreußen
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927:Status as eccl. province
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843:Anglican Church of Canada
770:are often referred to as
709:Fourth Ecumenical Council
660:Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
606:Yellowstone National Park
581:Archdiocese of Washington
475:Provincial boundary lines
437:Eastern Catholic Churches
380:Archdiocese of Strasbourg
120:), one of them being the
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1589:Province of West Prussia
1546:Kirchenprovinz Westfalen
1493:Kirchenprovinz Schlesien
1424:general superintendents
1393:Kirchenprovinz Rheinland
1108:Province of East Prussia
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705:First Ecumenical Council
585:Archdiocese of Baltimore
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1803:Ecclesiastical Province
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1401:, western parts of the
1375:general superintendent
1290:general superintendent
961:Province of Brandenburg
930:Successor organisation
766:Member churches of the
744:Metropolitan of Oltenia
729:Serbian Orthodox Church
701:Eastern Orthodox Church
695:Eastern Orthodox Church
274:First Council of Nicaea
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94:ecclesiastical province
64:more precise citations.
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725:Archbishopric of Ohrid
668:San Marino-Montefeltro
415:diocesan administrator
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1557:Münster in Westphalia
1407:Hohenzollern Province
1369:Königsberg in Prussia
1236:Province of Pomerania
1121:Königsberg in Prussia
760:Further information:
577:Diocese of Wilmington
425:Catholic Encyclopedia
348:of the province. The
321:Further information:
1620:Religious institutes
1516:(till end of 1946),
1465:Stolberg at the Harz
1273:Kirchenprovinz Posen
907:Provinces of Prussia
817:has five provinces:
674:and part of Italy),
514:Partition of Ireland
445:major archiepiscopal
110:Eastern Christianity
106:Western Christianity
1823:"Code of Canon Law"
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1499:Province of Silesia
1364:Province of Prussia
1027:Free City of Danzig
883:metropolitan bishop
690:and part of Italy).
610:Diocese of Cheyenne
526:Republic of Ireland
512:borders. Since the
356:is reserved to the
231:metropolitan bishop
206:as well as certain
130:metropolitan bishop
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1630:religious province
1628:, or occasionally
1450:Province of Saxony
1199:East Upper Silesia
768:Anglican Communion
756:Anglican Communion
599:Diocese of Norwich
575:) are part of the
573:Delmarva Peninsula
518:province of Armagh
417:if the college of
338:suffragan dioceses
306:Carolingian period
289:Bishop of Carthage
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186:In the history of
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835:Western Australia
803:Church of England
621:Diocese of Gallup
619:In addition, the
608:are part of the
597:, is part of the
558:Galveston-Houston
506:secular provinces
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212:Early Middle Ages
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177:Hebrew Scriptures
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