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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, 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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Episcopal

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Look up Episcopal, episcopal, or episcopalian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Episcopal may refer to: Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the...

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Episcopal polity

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An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. The...

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Episcopal Church

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Look up Episcopal, episcopal, or episcopalian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Episcopal Church may refer to various churches in the Anglican, Methodist...

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Anglicanism

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that prevails in the Church of Scotland. The word Episcopal is preferred in the title of the Episcopal Church (the province of the Anglican Communion covering...

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Bishop

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Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Bishop of Nevada, became the first woman to become the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. In the Evangelical...

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Scottish Episcopal Church

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The Scottish Episcopal Church (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; Scots: Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the...

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was...

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Episcopal see

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An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase,[clarification needed] the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions...

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

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The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian...

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Diocese

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the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in...

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Episcopal sandals

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Episcopal sandals, also known as pontifical sandals, are a Catholic pontifical vestment worn by bishops when celebrating liturgical functions according...

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List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

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This is a list of the Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Initially the position of Presiding Bishop rotated geographically...

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Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan

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The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, formerly known as the Episcopal Church of Sudan, is a province of the Anglican Communion located in...

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Episcopal Diocese of Chicago

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The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago is the official organization of the Episcopal Church in Chicago and Northern Illinois, USA. The diocese is served by The...

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Anglican Communion

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church is fully independent, retaining its own legislative process and episcopal polity under the leadership of local primates. For some adherents, Anglicanism...

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List of Anglican churches

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England and of national and regional Anglican churches (and a few other episcopal churches) in full communion with it There is no single "Anglican Church"...

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Oikonomos

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from a publication now in the public domain: Hove, Alphonse van (1913). "Episcopal œconomus". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York:...

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TMI Episcopal

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TMI Episcopal is a private school in San Antonio. Previously known as Texas Military Institute, TMI is a selective coeducational Episcopal college preparatory...

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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

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The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (C.M.E.C.) is a Methodist denomination that is based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology...

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Reformed Episcopal Church

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The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican Church. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, a former bishop of the Protestant...

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Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

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Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church, also translated as Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain, or IERE (Spanish: Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal) is the church...

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Episcopal conference

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An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory...

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Episcopal Conference of Argentina

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The Argentine Episcopal Conference (Spanish: Conferencia Episcopal Argentina) is an episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina that...

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Vicar general

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similarly titled episcopal vicar shares in the (arch)bishop's ordinary executive power like the vicar general, except for the fact that the episcopal vicar's authority...

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List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

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This list consists of the bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, an independent province of the Anglican Communion. This shows...

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Episcopal Church in the Philippines

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The Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP; Tagalog: Simbahang Episkopal sa Pilipinas) is a province of the Anglican Communion comprising the country...

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