Episcopal may refer to:
*Of or relating to a
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
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Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name
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Episcopal Church (United States)
The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...
, an affiliate of Anglicanism based in the United States
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Episcopal conference, an official assembly of bishops in a territory of the Roman Catholic Church
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Episcopal polity
An episcopal polity is a Hierarchy, hierarchical form of Ecclesiastical polity, church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. (The word "bishop" derives, via the British Latin and Vulgar ...
, the church united under the oversight of bishops
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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
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Historical episcopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession
See also
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Episcopal High School (disambiguation)
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Pontifical (disambiguation) The Pontifical is a liturgical book used by a bishop. It may also refer specifically to the Roman Rite Roman Pontifical.
When used as an adjective, Pontifical may be used to describe things related to the office of a Bishop (see also Pontiff#Chris ...
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