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House of Bishops

Index House of Bishops

The House of Bishops is the third House in a General Synod of some Anglican churches and the second house in the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. [1]

16 relations: Anglican Communion, Archbishop, Church of England, Coadjutor bishop, Diocesan bishop, Ecclesiastical province, Episcopal Church (United States), General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, General Synod, General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, General Synod of the Church of England, House of Bishops (Church of England), Metropolitan bishop, Primate (bishop), Project Canterbury, Suffragan bishop.

Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.

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Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop (via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος, from αρχι-, 'chief', and επίσκοπος, 'bishop') is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Coadjutor bishop

A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese.

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Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop, within various religious denominations, is a bishop (or archbishop) in pastoral charge of a(n arch)diocese (his (arch)bishopric), as opposed to a titular bishop or archbishop, whose see is only nominal, not pastoral.

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Ecclesiastical province

An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

The General Convention is the primary governing and legislative body of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

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General Synod

The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations.

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General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada is the chief governing and legislative body of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion.

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General Synod of the Church of England

The General Synod is the deliberative and legislative body of the Church of England.

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House of Bishops (Church of England)

The House of Bishops is the upper house of the tricameral Church of England General Synod legislature.

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Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis (then more precisely called metropolitan archbishop); that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.

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Primate (bishop)

Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some archbishops in certain Christian churches.

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Project Canterbury

Project Canterbury (sometimes abbreviated as PC) is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism.

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Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bishops

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