Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Canon & civil law Particular questions

Ecclesiastical Province

PROVINCIA ECCLESIASTICA

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ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE. - It is the union of several dioceses - called, in this case, comprovincial or suffragan - into a single territorial circumscription, headed by an archbishop or metropolitan, who is as a rule the bishop of the most important of them, called for this reason the archiepiscopal or metropolitan see (v. METROPOLITA).

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 219.

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“Provincia Ecclesiastica.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 219. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/provincia-ecclesiastica.

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“Provincia Ecclesiastica.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 219. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/provincia-ecclesiastica.

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@incollection{ec10_provincia_ecclesiastica,
  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Provincia Ecclesiastica},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {219},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/provincia-ecclesiastica}
}

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