Definition of Episcopacy. Meaning of Episcopacy. Synonyms of Episcopacy

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Definition of Episcopacy

Episcopacy
Episcopacy E*pis"co*pa*cy, n. [See Episcopate.] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

Meaning of Episcopacy from wikipedia

- administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize...
- Of Prelatical Episcopacy is a religious tract written by John Milton in either June or July 1641. The tract, the shortest of Milton's tracts on prelatical...
- the extant legal structures of the church, whose leaders were bishops. Episcopacy was thus seen as a given of the Reformed Ecclesia Anglicana, and a foundation...
- Lawrence John ****van is an American priest of the Catholic Church who serves as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago. ****van was born in...
- Metropolitan Michael, (secular name Theodot Nykyforovych Khoroshy; 10 July 1885, in Fyodorovka [ru], near Chigirin, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) – May...
- Philip Moger (born 25 April 1955) is an English bishop of the Catholic Church serving as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Southwark. As of 24 February...
- Kristin Uffelman White is an Episcopal bishop who is serving as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio. She is the first woman to serve that...
- Peter Ebere Okpaleke listen (born 1 March 1963) is a Nigerian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has been Bishop of Ekwulobia since 29 April...
- Madonnina statue, designed and built by Giuseppe Perego in 1774, during the episcopacy of Giuseppe Pozzobonelli who supported the idea to place the Madonnina...
- Benedictus Son Hee-song (Korean: 손희송 베네딕토; Hanja: 孫凞松; born 28 January 1957) is a South Korean prelate of the Catholic Church. Since March 2024, he is...