What's the difference between archbishopric and bishopric?

Archbishopric


Definition:

  • (n.) The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The son of railway worker and a houswife from the middle-class neighbourhood of Flores, after he became archibishop of the city in 1998 he routinely turned down invitations to eat at restaurants and only left the archbishopric for meals at small soup kitchens.
  • (2) This study, the first of a series on consanguinity in the Archbishopric of Toledo from 1900 to 1979, analyses in detail the types of consanguineous mating in a population of considerable size, some 650,000 persons, in Central Spain.
  • (3) One of Nicholas’ tasks was to help establish the Church’s structure in Norway - establishing the archbishopric.

Bishopric


Definition:

  • (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
  • (n.) The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The letter read: "We are puzzled, dismayed and very disappointed that for the third time running we have been assigned a bishop of Whitby who does not accept the ordination of women priests … We are aware that some parishes, some clergy, and some of the laity in the Whitby bishopric do not accept the validity of women priests but, as in the rest of the country, a substantial majority of us do.
  • (2) It was in this gateway to southern Spain that two groups funded by the bishopric of Cádiz welcomed him with open arms.
  • (3) Many see him as a future bishop – though the St Paul's fiasco may count against him– and he had been sounded out about one bishopric abroad, which he turned down in favour of St Paul's.
  • (4) The bishopric of Cádiz and local authorities are working together to prepare a video to raise awareness so that these people can claim their rights.
  • (5) Maradiaga said: "Above all, we shall be giving first-hand information in contact with the bishoprics – perspectives other than those that get to the Holy See."
  • (6) Dr Philip Giddings, a conservative evangelical, had been accused of directly undermining the next archbishop of Canterbury and causing the church "reputational damage" by using his role to speak at the General Synod in November against proposals to bring women into the bishopric.
  • (7) Part of Williams's strategy was to require a general moratorium on the blessing of same-sex partnerships and the election of clergy in gay relationships to bishoprics until a general consensus could be thrashed out; in July, at their triennial general convention in Anaheim, California, the Episcopalians pointedly removed themselves from it.
  • (8) But the Reverend Mr George Wickham's abilities were soon recognised and eventually he rose to a bishopric and was revered as the very model of a Christian gentleman.

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