Archbishop

In the Catholic church

The archbishop is a prelate who profits, under the terms of old privileges attached to his diocese or of a pontifical decision, of a dignity higher than that of simple a bishop. The great majority of the catholic archbishops are also Métropolitain S (title restored recently in the Catholic church).

The archbishop holds, on the one hand the spiritual jurisdiction on his Diocèse which one thus calls a Archidiocèse, and on the other hand, a certain right to watch on the bishops of his province. Its role is primarily to organize the co-operation between the dioceses, but it strictly speaking does not have authority on the dioceses other than it his. If it is Métropolitain, its own badge is the Pallium, band of decorated white wool of black crosses, which are personally conferred to him by the Pape.

Certain metropolitan archbishops also enjoy the title of primacy, which guarantees a theoretical jurisdiction to them on several provinces. In France, only the title of Primacy of Gaules, allotted to the archbishop of Lyon, preserved a real authority. The others Primatie S provincial became honorary and besides are not carried any more since the years 1960-1970.

Moreover, the archbishops keep their title archiépiscopal all their life, including when they are named with the head of dioceses Suffragant S. Ainsi, Mgr Lefebvre, appointed Tulle bishop after having been archbishop of Dakar, carried the title of Tulle archbishop-bishop. In the same way, certain suffragan bishops carry in an exceptional way the title archbishop-bishop without never to be named with the head of a Archidiocèse: it was the case in particular cardinal Georges Grente, archbishop-bishop of the Mans.

The Church of France underwent in 2002 a recutting of the ecclesiastical provinces. Thus, some évêchés became the new metropolitan archbishop's palaces (Clermont, for example). But the old metropolises (Auch, for example) kept their dignity archiépiscopale (see the decree of constitution of the new provinces, on the www.cef.fr site. The bishop of the head office of Auch is always an archbishop, but, not being metropolitan, it will not receive any more the Pallium.

The France, since 2002, metropolitan account 15 provinces and consequently 14 archbishops:

Besancon
Bordeaux (old primatie of Aquitanian)
Cambric
Clermont (lately created)
Dijon (lately created)
Lyon (primatie of Gaules)
Montpellier (lately created)
Marseilles
Paris
Poitiers (lately created)
Rheims
Rennes
Rouen (old primatie of Normandy)
Toulouse
Turns

the dioceses of Metz and Strasbourg concern as for them directly the the Holy See, just as the diocese with the French Armies, while taking part in the conference of the bishops of France.

The archbishops of the old ecclesiastical provinces remain titular archbishops, but are not any more of the subways. Thus, Mgr Maurice GUARDS, lately named on the head office of Auch was named by pontifical Bulle dated November 21st, 2004 by Jean-Paul II, archbishop of Auch (and not bishop).

In the Church Anglican

The communion Anglican counts 38 ecclesiastical provinces, each one with an archbishop at his head. The most known seats are those of the Church of England, Canterbury (spiritual leader of the Church of England and the Communion Anglican) and York. These two archbishops are “spiritual pars” ( negro spiritual peers ) and thus members of the British House of Lords.

See: the List of the ecclesiastical provinces Anglicans

In the churches Lutherans

Like all the churches épiscopaliennes, the churches Lutherans know and the bishop and the archbishop with this reserve that the Lutheranism must be mainly represented there. It is the case in Sweden, in Austria, Finland, Lithuania and Germany where the people Lutheran are sufficiently numerous to know the two hierarchical levels.

A famous Swedish archbishop: Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom

See too

List of all the subways and the archbishops GCatholic.com

External bond

'' Biographie of the Archbishops of France '' by an old water bénite Donor (1826).

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