Episcopal may refer to: *Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church *Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese * Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name ** Episcopal Church (United States), an affiliate of Anglicanism based in the United States * Episcopal conference, an official assembly of bishops in a territory of the Roman Catholic Church * Episcopal polity, the church united under the oversight of bishops *

Episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

, the official seat of a bishop, often applied to the area over which he exercises authority * Historical episcopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession

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