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Term Diocese may refer to: * Roman diocese, administrative unit from the period of late Roman Empire. * Diocese, ecclesiastical unit of various Christian churches. See also * Archbishop (other) * Bishop (other) * Vicar (other) * Exarch (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Diocese
In the Late Roman Empire, usually dated 284 AD to 641 AD, the regional governance district known as the Roman or civil diocese was made up of a grouping of provinces each headed by a '' Vicarius'', who were the representatives of praetorian prefects (who governed directly the dioceses they were resident in). There were initially twelve dioceses, rising to fourteen by the end of the 4th century. The term ''diocese'' comes from the , which derives from the ('' διοίκησις'') meaning "administration", "management", "assize district", or "group of provinces". Historical development Tetrarchy (286–305) Two major reforms to the administrative divisions of the empire were undertaken during the Tetrarchy. The first of these was the multiplication of the number of provinces, which had remained largely unchanged since the time of Augustus, from 48 at the beginning of Diocletian's reign to around a hundred by the time of his abdication. The multiplication of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of effective sole rule in 27 BC. The Western Roman Empire, western empire collapsed in 476 AD, but the Byzantine Empire, eastern empire lasted until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. By 100 BC, the city of Rome had expanded its rule from the Italian peninsula to most of the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and beyond. However, it was severely destabilised by List of Roman civil wars and revolts, civil wars and political conflicts, which culminated in the Wars of Augustus, victory of Octavian over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and the subsequent conquest of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt. In 27 BC, the Roman Senate granted Octavian overarching military power () and the new title of ''Augustus (title), Augustus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop (other)
An archbishop is a type of priest. Most archbishops are referred to in terms of the area for which they are responsible. Archbishop may also refer to: * "The Archbishop "The Archbishop" is the third episode of the first series of the BBC sitcom ''Blackadder'' (''The Black Adder''). It is set in Kingdom of England, England in the late 15th century, and follows the exploits of the fictitious Prince Edmund (Blacka ...", an episode of ''Blackadder'' * Archbishop (chess), a Fairy Chess piece * Archbishop (dinosaur), a fossil dinosaur which has yet to be properly identified See also * All articles beginning with "Archbishop" {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop (other)
A bishop is a Christian cleric of authority. Bishop, Bishops, Bishop's, or The Bishop may also refer to: Places Antarctica * Bishop Peak (Antarctica) * Mount Bishop (Antarctica) Australia * Bishop Island (Queensland), an island Canada * Bishop Island, Nunavut * Bishop River, British Columbia * Bishop Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Mount Bishop (Camelsfoot Range), British Columbia * Mount Bishop (Elk Range), on the British Columbia–Alberta boundary * Mount Bishop (Fannin Range), British Columbia United Kingdom * Bishop Auckland, a town in County Durham, England, aka "Bishop" * Bishop's ward, in the London Borough of Lambeth United States * Bishop, California, a city * Bishop, Georgia, a small town * Bishop, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Bishop, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Cecil, an unincorporated community in Cecil-Bishop, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Bishop, Texas, a city * Bishop, Virginia and West Virginia, an unincorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicar (other)
Vicar typically refers to a clerical position in various Christian traditions. Vicar or vicarius, may also refer to: Political history * Vicar (Roman Empire), an imperial regional governor in the ancient Roman Empire * Imperial vicar (Holy Roman Empire), an imperial official in the medieval Holy Roman Empire Church positions * Vicar (Anglicanism) for its use in the Anglican tradition * Apostolic vicar, or "vicar apostolic", a Roman Catholic prelate appointed directly under the Pope in a missionary region or before the creation of a diocese * Vicar general, or episcopal vicar, a diocesan bishop's deputy able to exercise a bishop's ordinary executive power * Cardinal vicar, a cardinal who is appointed as vicar general of the Diocese of Rome * Judicial vicar, a diocesan official with powers to judge cases in the diocesan courts * Military vicar, a church official responsible for the pastoral care of those serving in the armed forces * Vicar forane, a parish pastor who serves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
