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The Catholic Church (worldwide) is made up of individual particular Churches which are local all over the world. These particular churches are called dioceses and each diocese is headed up by a successor of the Apostles called a Bishop. For administrative purposes and national interests, groups of dioceses are grouped together into provinces, each province is headed by an Archdiocese.
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What are the names of the archdioceses in England and Wales?
Canterbury and York are the two archdioceses.
How many current active and retired monsignors in Catholic Church?
According to Wikipedia:As of January 2009[update], in the Roman Catholic Church there are 630 archdioceses (including 13 patriarchates, two catholicates, 536 metropolitan archdioceses, 79 single archdioceses) and 2,167 dioceses in the world.Now, each diocese keeps track of its own monsignors (monsignor is just an honorary title given to priests), so to get a total of active and retired monsignori, you would need to contact each individual diocese and archdiocese in the world.
How many achdioceses are in the us today?
from Wikipedia (couldn't find the info in the Catholic Encyclopedia)Represented in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are 195 archdioceses and dioceses (in the U.S. and the Territory of the Virgin Islands):145 Latin Catholic dioceses33 Latin Catholic archdioceses, and 32 Latin Catholic ecclesiastical provinces (the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services USA is not a metropolitan archdiocese and has no suffragan diocese)15 Eastern Catholic dioceses2 Eastern Catholic archdioceses, and 2 Eastern Catholic metropoliaeThere are also several dioceses in the nation's other four overseas territories. In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses (one metropolitan archdiocese and five suffragan dioceses) form their own episcopal conference, the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña. The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean - the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam - are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.
What is the difference between an archbishop and bishop?
A bishop is in charge of a dioceses (a group of parishes). An archbishop is in charge of an archdioceses (a large dioceses).
What are the example of ecclesiastical corporation in the Philippine?
Examples of ecclesiastical corporations in the Philippines include the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), different dioceses and archdioceses, religious orders like the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) or the Dominican Order, and various religious congregations and associations within the Catholic Church operating in the country.
What are the names of the three dioceses in Scotland?
Which religion are we talking about? For example, there are 8 Catholic Dioceses in Scotland, and 7 in the Scottish Episcopal Church.
How many Catholic hospitals in US?
There are forty provinces in the United States, each province is composed of up to a dozen individual dioceses and archdioceses. Short of getting a print version of the Catholic Directory and going through each of the hundreds of dioceses and counting their approved Catholic hospitals, I know of no such inclusive list that would include all Catholic hospitals in the United States. The Catholic Health Association lists 600 hospitals, but not all Catholic Hospitals belong to that association.
What is the difference in Roman Catholicism between a 'Titular Archbishop' and an 'Archbishop'?
A "titular" Bishop or Archbishop is merely a personal honorary title conferred on a Bishop. The "titular" dioceses or archdioceses they are given are dioceses or archdioceses that are no longer in existence. An "Archbishop" is the ordinary (head) of an existing Archdiocese. They are Archbishops endowed with full jurisdiction and are Archbishops in the true sense.
How many churches are there in Ireland?
There are 4 Catholic Archdioceses in Ireland. There are 22 Catholic dioceses in Ireland. So you could say 26. The 4 Archdioceses are:Archdiocese of ArmaghArchdiocese of Cashel and EmlyArchdiocese of DublinArchdiocese of TuamThe 22 dioceses are:Diocese of Ardagh and ClonmacnoiseDiocese of ClogherDiocese of DerryDiocese of Down and ConnorDiocese of DromoreDiocese of KilmoreDiocese of MeathDiocese of RaphoeDiocese of CloyneDiocese of Cork and RossDiocese of KerryDiocese of KillaloeDiocese of LimerickDiocese of Waterford and LismoreDiocese of FernsDiocese of Kildare and LeighlinDiocese of OssoryDiocese of AchonryDiocese of ClonfertDiocese of ElphinDiocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh and KilfenoraDiocese of Killala
How many dioceses does the Catholic Church have?
.Catholic AnswerA whole bunch - not to be smart, but a whole lot. The link below lists all the bishops and the dioceses current and past.
How many Catholic dioceses are there in Australia?
There are 32 dioceses in Australia.
