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Bishopric
 
  Bishopric may refer to:
  • Diocese
    Diocese

    In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
     an ecclesiastical region run by a bishop in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Anglican and some Lutheran churches.
  • Bishopric (political) an area, historically most common within the Holy Roman Empire, where a bishop held the secular authority.
  • Bishopric (LDS Church) consisting of a bishop and his two counselors, presides over an LDS ward.