Bishopric may refer to:
- Diocese an ecclesiastical region run by a bishop in the Roman Catholic, Othrodoc Christian, Anglican and some Lutheran churches. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop.
- Bishopric (political) an area, historically most common within the Holy Roman Empire, where a bishop held the secular authority. A Prince-Bishop is a Bishop who is a territorial Prince of the Church on account of one or more Secular principalities usually pre-existent titles of nobility
- Bishopric (LDS Church) consisting of a bishop and his two counselors, presides over an LDS ward. Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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