Definition of Diocese

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Definition of Diocese
	Diocese The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. Related Definitions: Authority, Bishop, Circuit, District, Ecclesiastical, Extent, His, In, Jurisdiction, Of, Or, The, Which

Diocese Quotations

In applying this subject to the melancholy event, which has deprived this Diocese of its venerable Bishop, we presume not to compare him with the blessed Apostle, of whom we have been speaking.
John Strachan

In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance.
John Strachan

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.
Rowan D. Williams

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