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Archdiocese

That diocese of the province which is the archbishop's own

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Archdiocese (‘Archidioikesis, archidicecesis). This term does not designate an ecclesiastical province, but only that diocese of the province which is the archbishop’s own, and over which he holds immediate and exclusive jurisdiction.

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