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47:, two different systems may be found. In England, Scotland, Wales, and a number of Commonwealth nations, the system is identical to that described for Anglicanism. Archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". In other countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as 140:
Retired archbishops usually revert to being styled "The Right Reverend", although they may be appointed "archbishop emeritus" by their province on retirement, in which case they retain the title "archbishop" and the style "The Most Reverend", as a courtesy. Archbishop
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given to certain high-ranking religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally also in more modern traditions. It is a variant of the more common style "
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In some modern Christian denominations, "The Most Reverend" is used to refer to archbishops and presiding bishops, or sometimes simply to senior pastors of churches.
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was a prominent example. Uniquely within Anglicanism, for historical reasons, the
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are styled "The Most Reverend". Other bishops are styled "The Right Reverend".
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is also given this style, despite not being an archbishop.
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honorific
style
The Reverend
Catholic Church
monsignors
protonotary apostolic
ministers general
Order of Friars Minor
Third Order Regular of St. Francis
Eastern Orthodox
archbishops
Ecumenical Patriarchate
primates
autocephalous
metropolitans
Anglican Communion
archbishops
The Right Reverend
primates
metropolitan archbishops
ecclesiastical province
Desmond Tutu
Bishop of Meath and Kildare
"His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)"
the original
"How to address the clergy"
Crockford's Clerical Directory
the original
"What is a primate?"
Anglican Communion

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