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Chorepiscopus

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: chorepiskopos, rural bishop) Name originally given in the Eastern Church to a bishop whose jurisdiction was confined to a rural district. The chorepiscopi still exist among the Maronites and the Jacobites, but they disappeared in the West in the 11th century, being replaced by archdeacons.

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Entry for 'Chorepiscopus'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/chorepiscopus.html. 1910.
 
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