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What is the role of archbishop?

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Catholic AnswerUsually an "archbishop" is just a Bishop of an archdiocese. In some instances, he may be, historically, a cardinal, but not always. An archbishop has no real authority outside of his own diocese except very specific procedural things which have been assigned to him from Rome.

An archdiocese would be the central, or historically most important diocese in a province.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980


Archbishop. A bishop who presides over one or more (arch)dioceses. He may call the bishops to a provincial council, having the right duty to do so, and he may act as first judge of appeal over a decision of one of his bishops. His immediate jurisdiction, however, pertains solely to his own diocese. He is often styled "metropolitan" because of the importance of his see city or ecclesiastical province.



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