Bishop Kevin W. Vann is the bishop of Orange, and Bishop Dominic M. Luong is the auxiliary bishop of Orange, see link below. Auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office needing the diocesan bishop's protracted location at court.
A 6th-century image of, bishop of.In and in the New Testament a more clearly defined episcopate can be seen. We are told that Paul had left Timothy in Ephesus and Titus in to oversee the. Paul commands Titus to ordain presbyters/bishops and to exercise general oversight.Early sources are unclear but various groups of Christian communities may have had the bishop surrounded by a group or college functioning as leaders of the local churches. Eventually the head or 'monarchic' bishop came to rule more clearly, and all local churches would eventually follow the example of the other churches and structure themselves after the model of the others with the one bishop in clearer charge, though the role of the body of presbyters remained important.Eventually, as grew, bishops no longer directly served individual congregations. Instead, the Metropolitan bishop (the bishop in a large city) appointed priests to minister each congregation, acting as the bishop's delegate.Apostolic Fathers. This section possibly contains.
Please by the claims made and adding. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( March 2013) Around the end of the, the church's organization became clearer in historical documents. In the works of the Apostolic Fathers, and Ignatius of Antioch in particular, the role of the episkopos, or bishop, became more important or, rather, already was very important and being clearly defined. While Ignatius of Antioch offers the earliest clear description of monarchial bishops (a single bishop over all in a city) he is an advocate of monepiscopal structure rather than describing an accepted reality.
To the bishops and house churches to which he writes, he offers strategies on how to pressure house churches who don't recognize the bishop into compliance. Other contemporary Christian writers do not describe monarchial bishops, either continuing to equate them with the presbyters or speaking of episkopoi (bishops, plural) in a city. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, student of'Blessed be God, who has granted unto you, who are yourselves so excellent, to obtain such an excellent bishop.' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians 1:1'and that, being subject to the bishop and the presbytery, ye may in all respects be sanctified.' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians 2:1'For your justly renowned presbytery, worthy of God, is fitted as exactly to the bishop as the strings are to the harp.' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians 4:1'Do ye, beloved, be careful to be subject to the bishop, and the presbyters and the deacons.' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians 5:1'Plainly therefore we ought to regard the bishop as the Lord Himself' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians 6:1.'
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Your godly bishop' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians 2:1.' The bishop presiding after the likeness of God and the presbyters after the likeness of the council of the Apostles, with the deacons also who are most dear to me, having been entrusted with the diaconate of Jesus Christ' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians 6:1.'
Therefore as the Lord did nothing without the Father, being united with Him, either by Himself or by the Apostles, so neither do ye anything without the bishop and the presbyters.' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians 7:1.' Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was to the Father according to the flesh, and as the Apostles were to Christ and to the Father, that there may be union both of flesh and of spirit.' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians 13:2.' In like manner let all men respect the deacons as Jesus Christ, even as they should respect the bishop as being a type of the Father and the presbyters as the council of God and as the college of Apostles.
Apart from these there is not even the name of a church.' Follow your bishop, as Jesus Christ followed the Father, and the presbytery as the Apostles; and to the deacons pay respect, as to God's commandment' — 8:1.' He that honoureth the bishop is honoured of God; he that doeth aught without the knowledge of the bishop rendereth service to the devil' — Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnans 9:1. A bishop with other officials on an 11th-century grave in.The most usual term for the geographic area of a bishop's authority and ministry, the, began as part of the structure of the Roman Empire under. As, the church took over much of the civil administration.
This can be clearly seen in the ministry of two: in the, and in the. Both of these men were statesmen and public administrators in addition to their role as Christian pastors, teachers and leaders. In the, entailed to a bishop's were much less common, the state power did not collapse the way it did in the West, and thus the tendency of bishops acquiring secular power was much weaker than in the West.
However, the role of Western bishops as civil authorities, often called, continued throughout much of the.Bishops holding political office. As well as being archchancellors of the after the 9th century, bishops generally served as to medieval monarchs, acting as head of the justiciary and chief.
The of was almost always a bishop up until the dismissal of Cardinal. Similarly, the position of in the was always held by a bishop until the. And today, the principality of is headed by two co-princes, one of whom is a Catholic bishop (and the other, the President of France).In before the, representatives of the clergy — in practice, bishops and of the largest — comprised the of the, until their role was abolished during the French Revolution.In the 21st century, the more senior bishops of the continue to sit in the of the, as representatives of the, and are known as. The, whose diocese lies outside the, is an of the. In the past, the, known as a prince bishop, had extensive viceregal powers within his northern diocese — the power to mint money, collect taxes and raise an army to defend against the.bishops, along with all other members of the clergy, are forbidden to hold political office.
Occasional exceptions to this rule are tolerated when the alternative is political chaos. In the, the, for example, had de facto administrative, fiscal, cultural and legal jurisdiction, as well as spiritual, over all the Christians of the empire.
More recently, Archbishop of, served as President of the Republic of Cyprus from 1960 to 1977.In 2001, – then the Anglican Archbishop of – was controversially appointed. Although Hollingworth gave up his episcopal position to accept the appointment, it still attracted considerable opposition in a country which maintains a formal.Episcopacy during the English Civil War. Main article:During the period of the, the role of bishops as wielders of political power and as upholders of the established church became a matter of heated political controversy. Indeed, was the polity of most in Europe, and had been favored by many in England since the English Reformation. Since in the the offices of presbyter and episkopos were identical, many held that this was the only form of government the church should have. The Anglican divine, objected to this claim in his famous work Of the Laws of Ecclesiastic Polity while, at the same time, defending Presbyterian ordination as valid (in particular ordination of ).
This was the official stance of the English Church until the Commonwealth, during which time, the views of Presbyterians and Independents were more freely expressed and practiced.Churches Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglican churches. One form for the of a Catholic bishopBishops form the leadership in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the, the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran Church, the, the, and certain other, smaller, denominations.The traditional role of a bishop is as pastor of a diocese (also called a bishopric, or see), and so to serve as a 'diocesan bishop,' or 'eparch' as it is called in many Eastern Christian churches. Dioceses vary considerably in size, geographically and population-wise. Some dioceses around the which were Christianised early are rather compact, whereas dioceses in areas of rapid modern growth in Christian commitment—as in some parts of, and the —are much larger and more populous.As well as traditional diocesan bishops, many churches have a well-developed structure of church leadership that involves a number of layers of authority and responsibility.Patriarchs are the bishops who head certain ancient or churches, which are a collection of metropolitan sees. After the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea, the church structure was patterned after the administrative divisions of the Roman Empire wherein a metropolitan or bishop of a metropolis came to be the ecclesiastical head of a civil capital of a province or a metropolis. Whereas, the bishop of the larger administrative district, diocese, came to be called an exarch.
In a few cases, a bishop came to preside over a number of dioceses, i.e., Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria. At the Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon in 451, Constantinople was given jurisdiction over three dioceses for the reason that the city was 'the residence of the emperor and senate'.
Additionally, Jerusalem was recognized at the Council of Chalcedon as one of the major sees. In 692, the Quinisext Council formally recognized and ranked the sees of the Pentarchy in order of preeminence, at that time Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. In the Catholic Church, Patriarchs sometimes call their leaders Catholicos; the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, is called Pope, meaning 'Father'. While most patriarchs in the have jurisdiction over a 'ritual church' (a group or diocese of a particular Eastern tradition), all patriarchs, except for the Pope, have only honorary titles. In 2006, gave up the title of. The first recorded use of the title by a Roman Pope was by in 620.
However, early church documents, such as those of the (325) had always listed the Pope of Rome first among the (first four, and later five: Rome, Constantinople, and —collectively referred to as the Pentarchy). Later, the heads of various national churches became Patriarchs, but they are ranked below the Pentarchy. Mitre worn by an Eastern bishop with of Christ, the (Mary, Mother of God) and (John the Baptist) Catholicoi are the heads of some of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Rite Catholic sui iuris churches (notably the Armenian), roughly similar to a Patriarch (see above). A primate is usually the bishop of the oldest church of a. Sometimes this carries jurisdiction over metropolitan bishops, but usually it is purely honorific. The primate of the is chosen from among the diocesan bishops, and, while retaining diocesan responsibility, is called Primus. Or president bishop These titles are often used for the head of a national Anglican church, but the title is not usually associated with a particular episcopal see like the title of a primate.
Major archbishops are the heads of some of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Their authority within their sui juris church is equal to that of a patriarch, but they receive fewer ceremonial honors. A metropolitan bishop is an archbishop in charge of an, or group of dioceses, and in addition to having immediate jurisdiction over his own archdiocese, also exercises some oversight over the other dioceses within that province. Sometimes a metropolitan may also be the head of an autocephalous, sui iuris, or church when the number of adherents of that tradition are small. In the Latin Rite, metropolitans are always archbishops; in many Eastern churches, the title is 'metropolitan,' with some of these churches using 'archbishop' as a separate office.
An archbishop is the bishop of an. This is usually a prestigious diocese with an important place in local church history. In the Catholic Church, the title is purely honorific and carries no extra jurisdiction, though most archbishops are also metropolitan bishops, as above, and are always awarded a. In most provinces of the Anglican Communion, however, an archbishop has metropolitical and primatial power. A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan.
In the Catholic Church this term is applied to all non-metropolitan bishops (that is, diocesan bishops of dioceses within a metropolitan's province, and ). In the Anglican Communion, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop: the is suffragan to the (the diocesan), though both live in. Area bishop Some Anglican suffragans are given the responsibility for a geographical area within the diocese (for example, the is an area bishop within the ). A titular bishop is a bishop without a diocese.
Rather, the bishop is head of a, which is usually an ancient city that used to have a bishop, but, for some reason or other, does not have one now. Titular bishops often serve as auxiliary bishops. In the, bishops of modern dioceses are often given a titular see alongside their modern one (for example, the Archbishop of and ). Auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop (the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox equivalent of an Anglican suffragan bishop). An auxiliary bishop is a titular bishop, and he is to be appointed as a or at least as an of the diocese in which he serves.
A coadjutor bishop is an auxiliary bishop who is given almost equal authority in a diocese with the diocesan bishop, and the automatic right to succeed the incumbent diocesan bishop. The appointment of coadjutors is often seen as a means of providing for continuity of church leadership. Honorary assistant bishop, assisting bishop, or bishop emeritus: these titles are usually applied to retired bishops who are given a general licence to minister as episcopal pastors under a diocesan's oversight. The titles, in this meaning, are not used by the Catholic Church. General bishop a title and role in some churches, not associated with a diocese. In the Coptic Orthodox Church the episcopal ranks from highest to lowest are metropolitan archbishops, metropolitan bishops, diocesan bishops, bishops exarchs of the throne, suffragan bishops, auxiliary bishops, general bishops, and finally chorbishops. Bishops of the same category rank according to date of consecration.
Chorbishop A chorbishop is an official of a diocese in some Eastern Christian churches. Chorbishops are not generally ordained bishops – they are not given the sacrament of Holy Orders in that degree – but function as assistants to the diocesan bishop with certain honorary privileges. The, or supreme bishop, of the is elected by the General Assembly of the Church.
He is the chief executive officer of the Church. He also holds an important pastoral role, being the spiritual head and chief pastor of the Church.
He has precedence of honor and prominence of position among, and recognized to have primacy, over other bishops. In Catholicism, a cardinal, a title dating back to the 8th century, is a member of the clergy appointed by the pope to serve in the. This body is empowered to elect a new pope in, but cardinals over the age of 80 may not be electors. Cardinals serve as advisors to the pope and hold positions of authority within the structure of the Catholic Church. Under modern canon law, a man who is not a bishop who is appointed a cardinal must accept ordination as a bishop, or seek special permission from the pope to decline ordination. Most cardinals are already bishops at the time of their appointment, the majority being archbishops of important archdioceses or patriarchs, and a substantial portion of the rest already titular archbishops serving in the Vatican. Recent popes have appointed a few priests, most of them influential theologians, to the College of Cardinals without requiring them to be ordained as bishops; invariably, these men are near or over the age of 80, and consequently not eligible to take part in a conclave.
Te Pīhopa The uses — even in English language usage — this term for its tikanga Māori bishops. A bishop administering Confirmation., 15th century.In the of the Catholic Church the administration of is normally reserved to the local bishop.In, and, only a bishop can ordain other bishops, priests, and deacons.In the Eastern liturgical tradition, a priest can celebrate the only with the blessing of a bishop. In Byzantine usage, an signed by the bishop is kept on the altar partly as a reminder of whose altar it is and under whose the priest at a local parish is serving. In Syriac Church usage, a consecrated wooden block called a is kept for the same reasons.The pope, in addition to being the and spiritual head of the Catholic Church, is also the Patriarch of the Latin Rite. Each bishop within the Latin Rite is answerable directly to the Pope and not any other bishop except to metropolitans in certain oversight instances. The pope previously used the title Patriarch of the West, but this title was dropped from use in 2006 a move which caused some concern within the Eastern Orthodox Communion as, to them, it implied wider papal jurisdiction.In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglican there is a special chair set aside for the exclusive use of the bishop.
This is the bishop's and is often called the. In some Christian denominations, for example, the Anglican Communion, parish churches may maintain a chair for the use of the bishop when he visits; this is to signify the parish's union with the bishop.The bishop is the ordinary minister of the of confirmation in the Latin Rite Catholic Church, and in the Anglican and communion only a bishop may administer this sacrament. However, in the and other Eastern rites, whether Eastern or Oriental Orthodox or, is done immediately after, and thus the priest is the one who confirms, using chrism blessed by a bishop. Ordination of Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Anglican bishops. This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( June 2016) Bishops in all of these communions are by other bishops through the laying on of hands. While traditional teaching maintains that any bishop with apostolic succession can validly perform the ordination of another bishop, some churches require two or three bishops participate, either to ensure sacramental validity or to conform with church law.
Doctrine holds that one bishop can validly ordain another (priest) as a bishop. Though a minimum of three bishops participating is desirable (there are usually several more) in order to demonstrate collegiality, canonically only one bishop is necessary. The practice of only one bishop ordaining was normal in countries where the Church was persecuted under rule.The title of archbishop or metropolitan may be granted to a senior bishop, usually one who is in charge of a large ecclesiastical jurisdiction. He may, or may not, have provincial oversight of suffragan bishops and may possibly have auxiliary bishops assisting him.Ordination of a bishop, and thus continuation of apostolic succession, takes place through a ritual centred on the and.Apart from the ordination, which is always done by other bishops, there are different methods as to the actual selection of a candidate for ordination as bishop. In the Catholic Church the generally oversees the selection of new bishops with the approval of the pope. The papal nuncio usually solicits names from the bishops of a country, consults with priests and leading members of a laity, and then selects three to be forwarded to the.
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In Europe, some cathedral chapters have duties to elect bishops. The Eastern Catholic churches generally elect their own bishops. Most Eastern Orthodox churches allow varying amounts of formalised laity or influence on the choice of bishops. This also applies in those Eastern churches which are in union with the pope, though it is required that he give assent.Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic and some Lutheran bishops claim to be part of the continuous sequence of ordained bishops since the days of the apostles referred to as apostolic succession. Since issued the bull in 1896, the Catholic Church has insisted that Anglican orders are invalid because of changes in the Anglican ordination rites of the 16th century and divergence in understanding of the theology of priesthood, episcopacy and Eucharist. However, since the 1930s, Utrecht Old Catholic bishops (recognised by the Holy See as validily ordained) have sometimes taken part in the ordination of Anglican bishops. According to the writer Timothy Dufort, by 1969, all Church of England bishops had acquired Old Catholic lines of apostolic succession recognised by the Holy See.
The consecrated bishop is the only minister of Holy Orders. Photo of pre-Vatican II ceremony.The position of the Catholic Church is slightly different.
Whilst it does recognise the validity of the orders of certain groups which separated from communion with Holy See. The Holy See accepts as valid the ordinations of the Old Catholics in communion with Utrecht, as well as the (which received its orders directly from Utrecht, and was—until recently—part of that communion); but Catholicism does not recognise the orders of any group whose teaching is at variance with what they consider the core tenets of Christianity; this is the case even though the clergy of the Independent Catholic groups may use the proper ordination ritual. The 26th presiding bishop of theWhilst members of the movement take seriously the issue of valid orders, it is highly significant that the relevant Vatican Congregations tend not to respond to petitions from Independent Catholic bishops and clergy who seek to be received into communion with the Holy See, hoping to continue in some sacramental role. In those instances where the pope does grant reconciliation, those deemed to be clerics within the Independent Old Catholic movement are invariably admitted as laity and not priests or bishops.There is a mutual recognition of the validity of orders amongst Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Old Catholic, Oriental Orthodox and Assyrian Church of the East churches.Some provinces of the Anglican Communion have begun as bishops in recent decades – for example, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Cuba.
The first woman to be consecrated a bishop within Anglicanism was, who was ordained in the United States in 1989. In 2006, Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal, became the first woman to become the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.Lutheranism. Wearing a over, and.In the (ELCA) and the (ELCIC), the largest Lutheran Church bodies in the United States and Canada, respectively, and roughly based on the Lutheran state churches (similar to that of the Church of England), bishops are elected by Synod Assemblies, consisting of both lay members and clergy, for a term of six years, which can be renewed, depending upon the local synod's 'constitution' (which is mirrored on either the ELCA or ELCIC's national constitution). Main article: African Methodist Episcopal Church In the, 'Bishops are the Chief Officers of the Connectional Organization. They are elected for life by a majority vote of the General Conference which meets every four years.'
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church In the in the United States, bishops are administrative superintendents of the church; they are elected by 'delegate' votes for as many years deemed until the age of 74, then he/she must retire. Among their duties, are responsibility for appointing clergy to serve local churches as pastor, for performing ordinations, and for safeguarding the doctrine and discipline of the Church. The General Conference, a meeting every four years, has an equal number of clergy and lay delegates. In each Annual Conference, CME bishops serve for four-year terms. CME Church bishops may be male or female.United Methodist Church. United Methodist Episcopal ShieldIn the United Methodist Church (the largest branch of Methodism in the world) bishops serve as administrative and pastoral superintendents of the church.
They are elected for life from among the (presbyters) by vote of the delegates in regional (called jurisdictional) conferences, and are consecrated by the other bishops present at the conference through the laying on of hands. In the United Methodist Church bishops remain members of the 'Order of Elders' while being consecrated to the '. Within the United Methodist Church only bishops are empowered to consecrate bishops and ordain clergy. Among their most critical duties is the ordination and appointment of clergy to serve local churches as pastor, presiding at sessions of the Annual, Jurisdictional, and General Conferences, providing pastoral ministry for the clergy under their charge, and safeguarding the doctrine and discipline of the Church. Furthermore, individual bishops, or the Council of Bishops as a whole, often serve a prophetic role, making statements on important social issues and setting forth a vision for the denomination, though they have no legislative authority of their own.
In all of these areas, bishops of the United Methodist Church function very much in the historic meaning of the term. 's ordination as bishop by at the 1784.The collegial expression of episcopal leadership in the United Methodist Church is known as the. The Council of Bishops speaks to the Church and through the Church into the world and gives leadership in the quest for Christian unity and interreligious relationships. The Conference of Methodist Bishops includes the United Methodist Council of Bishops plus bishops from affiliated autonomous Methodist or Churches.consecrated Thomas Coke a 'General Superintendent,' and directed that Francis Asbury also be consecrated for the United States of America in 1784, where the first became a separate apart from the Church of England. Coke soon returned to England, but Asbury was the primary builder of the new church.
At first he did not call himself bishop, but eventually submitted to the usage by the denomination.Notable bishops in United Methodist history include Coke, Asbury, Marjorie Matthews, and.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Main article:Traditionally, a number of items are associated with the office of a bishop, most notably the mitre,. Other vestments and insignia vary between Eastern and Western Christianity.In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, the of a bishop includes the purple cassock with amaranth trim, purple (skull cap), purple, and pectoral cross.
The may be worn, but only within the bishop's own diocese and on especially solemn occasions. The mitre, and are generally worn by bishops when presiding over liturgical functions. For liturgical functions other than the the bishop typically wears the cope. Within his own diocese and when celebrating solemnly elsewhere with the consent of the local, he also uses the crosier. When celebrating Mass, a bishop, like a, wears the. The recommends, but does not impose, that in solemn celebrations a bishop should also wear a, which can always be white, beneath the chasuble, especially when administering the sacrament of, blessing an abbot or abbess, and dedicating a church or an altar. The Caeremoniale Episcoporum no longer makes mention of, (also known as ), or the accoutrements that it once prescribed for the bishop's horse.
The coat of arms of a Latin Rite Catholic bishop usually displays a with a cross and crosier behind the; the specifics differ by location and ecclesiastical rank (see ).Anglican bishops generally make use of the mitre, crosier, ecclesiastical ring, purple cassock, purple zucchetto, and pectoral cross. However, the traditional choir dress of Anglican bishops retains its late mediaeval form, and looks quite different from that of their Catholic counterparts; it consists of a long rochet which is worn with a.In the (Eastern Orthodox, ) a bishop will wear the, (and perhaps an ), omophorion and an Eastern-style mitre. Eastern bishops do not normally wear an episcopal ring; the faithful kiss (or, alternatively, touch their forehead to) the bishop's hand. To seal official documents, he will usually use an inked stamp. An Eastern bishop's coat of arms will normally display an Eastern-style mitre, cross, eastern style crosier and a red and white (or red and gold). The arms of Oriental Orthodox bishops will display the episcopal insignia (mitre or turban) specific to their own liturgical traditions. Variations occur based upon jurisdiction and national customs.