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Definition of Titular bishop

Titular bishop
Titular Tit"u*lar, a. [F. titulaire, fr. L. titulus. See Title.] Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince. If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely titular. --Milton. Titular bishop. See under Bishop.

Meaning of Titular bishop from wikipedia

- A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful...
- such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbishop" (intermediary rank) or "titular bishop" (lowest rank), which normally...
- Chalcedon as a titular see with archiepiscopal rank, with known in****bents since 1356. Among the titular bishops named to this see were William Bishop (1623–1624)...
- installation.[citation needed] A titular bishop (or titular archbishop) is a/an (arch)bishop who is not (arch)bishop of a/an (arch)diocese; unless (since...
- bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. In the Catholic Church, auxiliary bishops exist in both the...
- patriarch. Titular bishops in the Roman Catholic Church may be ****istant bishops with special faculties, coadjutor bishops (these bishops are now named...
- included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. Three of its bishops are known: Dulcitius, legate of the bishops of Tripolitana to the Council of Carthage...
- Rome Titular bishop, a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese Titular church, a church in Rome ****igned or ****ignable to one of the cardinals Titular see...
- (later Archbishop)* Titular Bishop: Bishop Antonio Cardona Riera (later Archbishop) (1928.03.10 – 1950.02.02) Titular Bishop: Bishop Rafael Balanzá y Navarro...
- seat of a Latin Church bishop. The Latin bishopric, no longer residential, is today listed by the Catholic Church twice as a titular see under the names...