A bishop is in charge of a dioceses (a group of parishes). An archbishop is in charge of an archdioceses (a large dioceses).
A bishop is lower down than the archbishop.
A "titular" Bishop or Archbishop is merely a personal honorary title conferred on a Bishop. The "titular" dioceses or archdioceses they are given are dioceses or archdioceses that are no longer in existence. An "Archbishop" is the ordinary (head) of an existing Archdiocese. They are Archbishops endowed with full jurisdiction and are Archbishops in the true sense.
There are 2946 diocese in the Catholic Church. There is only one ranking Bishop per diocese. There is no difference in rank and power between a Bishop who heads a diocese and an Archbishop who heads an archdiocese. An archbishop is merely a bishop who controls a large territory or city. As of 1989 America had 31 Archbishops.
An archbishop is one rank higher than a bishop.
His Grace, Archbishop Geroge Stack was ordained a bishop on 10 May 2001.
The words pope, archbishop and bishop are capitalized when they are used as part of the man's name. Such as Pope Pius X, or Bishop O'Connor.
In the Catholic Church Right Reverend usually refers to an abbot of a monastery, although in England it could also be used for a Bishop who was not an Archbishop.
There is no bishop of the United States but each diocese in the country has a bishop or Archbishop.
Catholic AnswerA bishop who presides over an Archdiocese is known as an Archbishop.
The archbishop and the pope
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is the Catholic Archbishop. The Protestant Archbishop is John Robert W. Neill.
A diocese is made up of parishes and is headed by a bishop. An archdiocese is a diocese that also includes the subordinate dioceses that have been assigned to it. It is headed by an archbishop.