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What is an archbishop?

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An archbishop, or metropolitan, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over the bishops of a district composed of simple diocese.

The archbishop's own diocese is the archdiocese. The several dioceses of the district form the archepiscopal, or metropolitan province.

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