Parishes are joined together to make dioces or 'sees' presided over by a bishop. A bishop is a higher order of priest who will have several priests under him. A Bishop also has the authority to Ordain men to the Diaconate, Deacons to the Priesthood, and Priests to the Episcopate. Where as Priests cannot Ordain at all.
A bishop is lower down than the archbishop.
A bishop is in charge of a dioceses (a group of parishes). An archbishop is in charge of an archdioceses (a large dioceses).
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A dean is a priest who is in charge (the 'vicar') of a cathedral church. Contrary to popular belief, the bishop is spiritual leader of a diocese, not the cathedral - the cathedral itself is under the responsibility of the Dean.
The Dean is responsible for overseeing faculty members within a specific department; the College President is responsible for financial and administrative duties over the entire college.
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The first difference is probably that Roman Catholics are lead by and believe in the Divine authority of the Pope while Protestants do not accept the authority or infallibility of the Bishop of Rome.
A priest is the second Order of the ordained ministry, between Bishop and deacon. An abbot is head of a monastery, he may or may not be a priest.
An eparch is equivalent to a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, while an exarch is a bishop with authority over a specific area outside the bishop's own diocese. An exarch typically has jurisdiction over a particular region or group of churches that are not part of the bishop's own diocese.
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.
That Europeans call the king a queen is one difference between an American and a European game of checkers. That Europeans allow their queen to move - like the bishop in chess - over any number of unoccupied squares along the same diagonal is a second difference. That Europeans tend to use a board of 100, not 64, squares is a third difference.