metropolitan see
C7197
concept
A metropolitan see is the principal diocese of an ecclesiastical province, headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has limited supervisory authority over the other dioceses in that province.
Aliases (2)
- Metropolitan see ×1
- archiepiscopal see ×1
Instances (8)
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Serena
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht ("Metropolitan see")
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
- Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga (historically)
- Archdiocese of Vienna
- Archdiocese of Bogotá
- See of York ("archiepiscopal see")
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua