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A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses.

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A bishop is an ordained religious leader who holds a position of authority and oversight, typically responsible for governing a diocese (a geographic area of a church). The role varies across Christian denominations—some view it as an essential leadership position while others have rejected it as a symbol of unwanted power—and historically, bishops have sometimes wielded political authority in addition to their religious duties.

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Instance of
position
Part of
clergy
Religion
Christianity
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Commons category
Bishops
topic's main category
Category:Bishops
female form of label
בישופית
different from
Obispo
male form of label
püspök
honorific prefix
Monsignor
applies to jurisdiction
eparchy
has characteristic
episcopal lineage
next lower rank
presbyter
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