• (title of honour). In the Latin Church, a primate is an archbishop—or, rarely, a suffragan or exempt bishop—of a specific (mostly metropolitan) episcopal...
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    Curry (born March 13, 1953) is an American bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. Elected in 2015, he...
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    Anglican Communion title their primates as Primate or Primate Bishop, most churches use other titles for their primates. Following the style of the Archbishop...
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  • to: Primate (bishop), a title/rank bestowed on (arch)bishops within some Christian churches Primates (journal), a scientific journal Prince primate, a...
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  • bishop of the Irish diocese with highest precedence. The Archbishop of Armagh is titled Primate of All Ireland and the Archbishop of Dublin Primate of...
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    equals") of all Anglican primates worldwide. Since 1867 he has convened more or less decennial meetings of worldwide Anglican bishops, the Lambeth Conferences...
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    Primate of New Zealand is a title held by a bishop who leads the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Since 2006, the Senior Bishop...
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    Primates in the Anglican Communion are the most senior bishop or archbishop of one of the 42 churches of the Anglican Communion. The Church of England...
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  • each with a bishop. Each Archbishop is also the bishop of one of the dioceses in his Province. The pre-eminent Archbishop, The Primate of All Nigeria...
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  • the Presiding Bishop is the chief pastor and primate of the national church and its nine ecclesiastical provinces. The Presiding Bishop is charged with...
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    missionary district, each headed by a bishop, among whom one is elected as the Primate of Brazil. The current Primate is Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto...
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    Linda Nicholls (category Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada)
    is a Canadian Anglican bishop who has served as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada since 2019. She was previously Bishop of Huron from 2016 to 2019...
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  • church, and showing the titles of the bishops of those dioceses. Where relevant, the metropolitan bishop or primate is listed first. As in other Christian...
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    York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of...
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    list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418. They also served as interrex in the Polish–Lithuanian...
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    was Metropolitan (later called Primate) of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. Returning to Britain, Selwyn served as Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878...
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  • bishops from 91 in 2002 to 161 as at January 2013. The administrative headquarters are located in Abuja. Archbishop Henry Ndukuba became its primate in...
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    Henry Ndukuba (category Primates of the Church of Nigeria)
    July 1961) is the current Primate of the Church of Nigeria. Prior to his appointment, he was Archbishop of Jos and Bishop of Gombe. Henry Ndukuba was...
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  • cathedral of the primate bishop of an area may be considered its ecclesiastical capital; for example, Armagh is the seat of the primate of All Ireland in...
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    McDowell (born 1956) is an Anglican bishop, who is the current Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. McDowell was born in...
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    to all episcopal sees. Their bishops are all called metropolitans, the title of archbishop being reserved for the primate. As Christianity expanded in...
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    (although the honorific title of Primate of Lorraine brought by the bishop of Nancy and Toul does exist). Currently, the primate of the Gauls is Archbishop...
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  • Primus inter pares (category Primates (bishops))
    its own ranks. Various episcopal sees were granted or claim the title of primate (usually of a past or present political entity), which grants such a primas...
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  • Church of Canada, 2019–present) Bishops or archbishops in charge of an internal ecclesiastical province but not being primates. Kay Goldsworthy (Archbishop...
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  • free dictionary. Primacy may refer to: an office of the Primate (bishop) the supremacy of one bishop or archbishop over others, most notably: Primacy of Peter...
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  • Primates List of bishops of the Church of England List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America List of presiding bishops in...
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  • plural of prima, a word with multiple meanings. It may also refer to: Primate (bishop) Primas (film), 2017 Canadian documentary Primas (surname) This disambiguation...
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    Katharine Jefferts Schori (category Women Anglican primates)
    is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese...
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    must be confirmed by the Holy See. In the Catholic Church, a primate is usually the bishop of the oldest diocese and/or the capital of a (present or former)...
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    the House of Bishops. The Primate holds the title of Archbishop and is styled as "The Most Reverend (Name), Primate of Canada". The Primate, while not holding...
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