Metropolitan bishop
A metropolitan bishop (or metropolitan) is a type o bishop in some Christian denominations wi an episcopal polity (a kirk ruled by bishops).[1]
In the early Christian Church, a metropolitan wis the bishop o the main city in a Roman province. The First Council of Nicaea (in AD 325) gied him special authority ower ither bishops in that area. The ither bishops war later cried suffragan bishops.[1][2]
In modern times, a metropolitan bishop is the heid bishop o a metropolitan see (the main diocese o a church province). He aften hauds the title o archbishop, sae is cried a metropolitan archbishop.[3] In some kirks, sic as the Church of Greece, aw dioceses are cried metropolises, an aw thair bishops are cried metropolitans. The main heidyin o the kirk alane is cried an archbishop.[4]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- 1 2 "Metropolitan | Church Leader, Bishop & Archbishop | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
- ↑ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Metropolitan". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
- ↑ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Archbishop". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
- ↑ "Church of Greece | World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org (in Inglis). 1 Januar 1948. Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
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