Metropolitan

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Metropolitan is a senior bishop rank in the Eastern Orthodox Church, typically overseeing a large or important diocese or region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Metropolitan canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical office
senior bishop rank
clericalOrder episcopal order
developedFrom role of bishop of the provincial capital
etymologyFrom Greek word "mētropolis"
etymologyLanguage Greek
etymologyMeaning mother city
genderRestriction male
hasAuthorityOver diocesan bishops within the province
suffragan bishops
hasCanonicalBasisIn canon law of Eastern Orthodox Church
hasClericalStyle Your Eminence
hasLiturgicalRole consecrating churches
ordaining bishops
overseeing major diocesan liturgies
hasResponsibility coordinating pastoral activity in the province
maintaining doctrinal unity in the province
representing the province to higher church authorities
hasTitleForm His Eminence
The Most Reverend
historicalOriginPeriod early Christian centuries
isMemberOf episcopate
mayBeEqualRankTo archbishop
mayBeRankAbove archbishop
mayHoldTitle Metropolitan of + see name
mayPresideOver provincial synod
regional council
oversees ecclesiastical province
important diocese
large diocese
metropolis
rankAbove bishop
rankBelow catholicos
patriarch
religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
requiresOrdinationAs bishop
usedInJurisdiction Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
surface form: Church of Cyprus

autocephalous Church of Greece
surface form: Church of Greece

Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Georgian Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
Polish Orthodox Church
Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
surface form: Ukrainian Orthodox Churches

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.