Christian district governed by a bishop
This article is about ecclesiastical dioceses. For the administrative entities in the Roman Empire, see
Roman diocese.
Like other dioceses, the Diocese of Rome has a cathedra, the official seat of the Bishop of Rome.
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.[1]
- ^ Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, 1989