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Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)
A
metropolis
is a
see
or city whose
bishop
is the
metropolitan
of a
province
. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces.
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Metropolitan bishop
In
Christian
churches with
episcopal polity
, the rank of
metropolitan bishop
, or simply
metropolitan
, pertains to the
diocesan bishop
or
archbishop
of a
metropolis
(then more precisely called
metropolitan archbishop
); that is, the chief city of a historical
Roman province
,
ecclesiastical province
, or regional capital.
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