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Bishop, Titular

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

One who has been appointed by the Holy See to a diocese which, in former times, had been canonically established and possessed cathedral church, clergy, and laity, but on account of pagan occupation of the diocesan territory has now neither clergy nor people. See Titular Sees.

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Entry for 'Bishop, Titular'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​b/bishop-titular.html. 1910.