Flashcards: Religious titles

The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons.

The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and northern Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany and was ex officio one of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire, the Elector of Cologne, from 1356 to 1801.

A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy.

An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Syriac Orthodox Church, Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop.

In Christianity, an archbishop (/ˌɑːrtʃˈbɪʃəp/, via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος, from ἀρχι-, "chief", and ἐπίσκοπος, "bishop") is a bishop of higher rank or office.

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to assist a bishop in meeting the pastoral needs of his diocese.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is the head bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Originally, a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family.

A pastor (UK: /ˈpɑːstə/; US: /ˈpæstər/) is usually an ordained leader of a Christian congregation.

A title is a prefix or suffix added to someone's name in certain contexts.

In the Christian churches, holy orders are ordained ministries such as bishop, priest or deacon.

In the Byzantine Empire, an exarch (/ˈɛksɑːrk/; Ancient Greek: ἔξαρχος exarchos) was a governor with extended authority over a province at some distance from the capital Constantinople.

A provost is a senior official in a number of Christian churches.

A Superior General or General Superior is the leader or head of a religious institute in the Roman Catholic Church.

A locum is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.

The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (Russian: Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Svyateyshy Patriarkh Moskovsky i vseya Rusi), also known as the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, is the official title of the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions.