Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)

A metropolis, also called a metropolitanate or metropolitan (arch)diocese, is a big church area led by a bishop. This bishop is called a metropolitan bishop or an archbishop. A metropolis is usually an important city and its surroundings.

Eastern Orthodox

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a metropolis (also called metropolia or metropolitanate) is a type of diocese. Other types are eparchies, exarchates, and archdioceses.[1][2]

In Greek Orthodox Churches, every diocese is a metropolis, and its head is a metropolitan. Other bishops are auxiliary bishops (helper bishops).[3]

Catholic Church

In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, a metropolis is the main church area of a church province. The leader is a metropolitan archbishop, and the metropolis is an archdiocese. It has at least one smaller church area, called a suffragan diocese.[4][5][6]

In the Eastern Catholic Churches, a metropolitanate is a self-ruling church but smaller than a patriarchate. It is led by one metropolitan bishop.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Glossary of Terms - Ecumenical Patriarchate: Holy and Great Council". www.orthodoxcouncil.org. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. ↑ "The structure of the church (in Eastern Orthodoxy)". www.britannica.com. 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Church of Greece". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  4. ↑ "Metropolitan". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  5. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Province". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  6. ↑ "Metropolitan". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  7. ↑ "Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum orientalium, die XVIII Octobris anno MCMXC - Ioannes Paulus PP. II". www.vatican.va (in Latin). Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  8. ↑ "John D. Faris, The Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance (Saint Maron Publications, New York 1992), p. 376" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
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