Diocese: form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat., “housekeeping,” “administration,” διοικεῖν, “to keep house,” “to govern”), the sphere of a bishop’s jurisdiction. In this, its sole modern sense, the word diocese (dioecesis) has only been regularly used since the ... [74%] 2022-09-02
Diocese: In church governance, a diocese /ˈdaɪsis/ or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ... (Religion) [74%] 2023-12-19 [Christian terminology]
Diocese: In the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some other Christian churches, Diocese is the term used for a cluster of parishes—usually organized geographically—that is overseen by a bishop. The number of parishes in a diocese can range ... [74%] 2023-09-21 [Catholic Church] [Christian History]...
Diocese: In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin dioecesis ... (Christian district governed by a bishop) [74%] 2024-02-21 [Episcopacy in Anglicanism] [Episcopacy in the Catholic Church]...
List of Catholic dioceses in Haiti: The Roman Catholic Church in Haiti (Greater Antilles) consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal Conference of Haiti, comprising two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of each suffragan dioceses, each ... (None) [71%] 2024-01-13 [Catholic Church in Haiti] [Roman Catholic dioceses in Haiti]...