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Diocese

In church governance, a diocese (/ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs/) or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

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History

Archdiocese

Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran churches

Anglican Communion

Pentecostalism

Catharism

Churches that have bishops, but not dioceses

Churches that have neither bishops nor dioceses

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Diocese

Nodes130
Edges129
Triples158
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
Components1

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Diocese

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related to history · 31
Diocese → AD, Alexandria Troas, As, Bishop, Bishops, Bruce Eagles, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Churches, Constantine, East, Edict, Empire's, Episcopal, For Gaul, France, Greek, In, Julian, Latin
related to Churches that have bishops, but not dioceses · 20
Diocese → African Methodist Episcopal Church, All, Although, British Methodist Church, Circuits, Each, Evangelical Wesleyan Church, Free Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, In, Irish Methodist Church, John Wesley, Methodist, Methodist Church, Methodist Conference, Personal, The, This, Thus, United Methodist Church
related to Catholic Church · 18
Diocese → All, Also, An, Archdioceses, Catholic Church, Christ, Church, Council, Dioceses, Eucharist, God, Holy See, Holy Spirit, Proper, Second Vatican Council, The Canon Law, They, Within
related to Lutheran churches · 18
Diocese → Archbishop, Certain Lutheran, Church, Denmark, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Finland, From, German, Germany, Hochstift, Holy Roman Empire, Norway, Other Lutheran, Roman Catholics, Sweden, These, Uppsala
related to Anglican Communion · 17
Diocese → After, Anglican Communion, Aotearoa, Archbishop, Canterbury, Church, England, English Reformation, Episcopal Unit, European, Māori, New Zealand, Polynesia, Pīhopatanga, The, The Anglican Church, York
related to Sources and external links · 13
Diocese → Anglican/Episcopalian, Bishops, Brasil, Catholic, Complete, Dioceses Archived, English, GCatholic, NorwegianList, October, Orthodox Church Diocese PortalCoats, Santo Anselmo, Wayback MachineLigação
related to Churches that have neither bishops nor dioceses · 10
Diocese → Congregationalist, Continental Reformed, John Calvin, Many, Most, Presbyterian, Protestant Reformation, Reformed, Swiss Reformation, This
related to Archdiocese · 7
Diocese → Catholic, Catholic Church, Dioceses, Holy See, If, In, The
related to Church of God in Christ · 7
Diocese → Christ, COGIC, God, In, The Church, These, United States
see also · 7
Diocese → Catholic ChurchLists, Christianity, Church, Church GhanaList, DignitatumParticular, England, StructureGlobal

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church dioceses bishop churches bishops ecclesiastical methodist catholic see roman term episcopal archdioceses called lutheran christ archbishop authority holy archdiocese

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Dioceseis a'circuit0.90text
the Church of Sweden do have individual dioceses similar to Roman Catholicsinstance ofLutheran churchesCertain Lutheran denominations0.80text
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have a bishop acting as the head of the synodinstance ofover which they only exercised the usual authority of a bishop.Some American Lutheran church bodies0.80text
but the synod does not have diocesesinstance ofover which they only exercised the usual authority of a bishop.Some American Lutheran church bodies0.80text
archdioceses as the churches listed aboveinstance ofover which they only exercised the usual authority of a bishop.Some American Lutheran church bodies0.80text
the Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches or Association of Independent Methodists are composed of independent Methodist congregations.Most Baptists hold that no church or ecclesiastical organization has inherent authority over a Baptist churchinstance ofwhile others0.80text
Dioceserelated to Anglican CommunionAfter0.60section
Dioceserelated to Anglican CommunionEnglish Reformation0.60section
Dioceserelated to Anglican CommunionChurch0.60section
Dioceserelated to Anglican CommunionEngland0.60section
Dioceserelated to Anglican CommunionAnglican Communion0.60section
Dioceserelated to Anglican CommunionThe0.60section

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