In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdiocese (with some …

Nov 21, 2025 · Archbishop John Wester is stepping down after more than a decade leading the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico.

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson leads the Catholics in central and southern Indiana who are part of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

3 days ago · Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, formerly the archbishop of Łódź, as new archbishop of Krakow, Poland.

archbishop, in the Christian church, a bishop who, in addition to having ordinary episcopal authority in an assigned diocese, usually has jurisdiction (but no superiority of order) over the …

The word “archbishop” comes from the Greek words “arche,” meaning “first,” and “ episkopos,” meaning “bishop.” Essentially, an archbishop is a bishop who holds a higher rank within the …

An Archbishop is a bishop who holds a position of greater dignity and usually broader jurisdiction within the hierarchical structure of the Church.

Jun 6, 2023 · An archbishop is the head of diocese that is considered to be particularly important for some reason (an archdiocese). In sacred matters, an archbishop is the equivalent of a …

A man becomes an archbishop, in most cases, because he has been named as the head of an archdiocese. Some archbishops have the title because they oversee important administrative …

I.—IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH an archbishop or metropolitan, in the present sense of the term, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over …