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- Main article:Bishop (Catholic Church)
A titular bishop is a bishop of the Catholic Church who is not in charge of a diocese (Code of Canon Law, Canon 376). In the Catholic Church, a Bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the priesthood. In the Catholic Church, a Bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the priesthood. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Examples of bishops belonging to this category are coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, bishops emeriti, vicars apostolic, nuncios, superiors of departments in the Roman Curia, and Cardinal Bishops of suburbicarian dioceses (since they are not in charge of the suburbicarian dioceses). A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop See also Bishop (Catholic Church An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a Diocese because Emeritus (ɨˈmɛrɨtəs is an Adjective that is used in the title of a retired Professor, Bishop or other professional Nuncio is an ecclesiastical Diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin word Nuntius, meaning "envoy The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. The seven suburbicarian dioceses are Roman Catholic Dioceses located in the Suburbs that surround Rome, reserved for the highest order of Most titular bishops hold the title to a titular see. A titular see in the Roman Catholic Church is a Diocese or Archdiocese that now exists in title only Assigning titular sees serves two purposes. Since part of being a bishop means being the head of a Church, titular sees serve that purpose for bishops without a diocese. At the same time, the office of titular bishop memorializes ancient Churches, most of which were suppressed because they fell into the hands of non-Christian conquerors. For this reason the former terminology was not "titular bishop" but "bishop in infidel regions" (in partibus infidelium). In recent times the names of titular sees are drawn also in numerous cases from those of former dioceses which were absorbed into other dioceses or expanded and hence moved to larger towns and cities.
Since 1970, there are two more exceptions. Diocesan bishops who resign their see or are transferred to a non-diocesan appointment are no longer habitually transferred to a titular see. Instead, they take the title Bishop Emeritus of the former see. Emeritus (ɨˈmɛrɨtəs is an Adjective that is used in the title of a retired Professor, Bishop or other professional Also, coadjutors are no longer named to titular sees, instead taking the title Coadjutor Bishop of the see they will inherit. A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop In other cases titular bishops still take a titular see.
Here are two examples to illustrate the difference. When Bishop Francis Green [1] was named coadjutor of Tucson, Arizona, in 1960, his official title remained "Titular Bishop of Serra" until he succeeded the Bishop of Tucson later that same year. Tucson (ˈtuːsɒn is the seat of Pima County Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast However, when Bishop Gerald Kicanas [2] became Coadjutor Bishop of Tucson in 2001, he ceased being Titular Bishop of Bela. He still remained a titular bishop until he succeeded the Bishop of Tucson in 2003, but his official title changed from "Titular Bishop of Bela" to "Coadjutor Bishop of Tucson. "
Cardinal Bishops of suburbicarian dioceses are also titular bishops, but they hold titles to existing dioceses, namely one or more of the suburbicarian sees, but while they do not govern their see they are obliged to give it their patronage. The seven suburbicarian dioceses are Roman Catholic Dioceses located in the Suburbs that surround Rome, reserved for the highest order of Angelo Cardinal Sodano is Titular Bishop of Albano [3], while Bishop Marcello Vallini is its actual diocesan bishop [4]. Angelo Sodano (born 23 November 1927 is the Dean of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. The Cardinal Dean is by tradition Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, in addition to the suburbicarian see he previously held. The Bishop of Ostia is the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic Diocese of Ostia, one of the seven Suburbicarian sees of Rome
Occasionally, the transfer of a diocesan bishop to a titular see has been used by the Holy See to strip of his responsibilities a bishop whose behavior it disapproved of. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic For instance, in 1995, Jacques Gaillot, known for his activism on Catholic-sensitive social and political topics (pro-contraception, abortion, etc. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Bishop Jacques Jean Edmond Georges Gaillot (born September 11, 1935;; generally known in French as Monseigneur Gaillot) is a French . . ), was transferred from the see of Évreux in France to Partenia, a titular see in Algeria. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Partenia (also spelled Parthenia) is a Roman Catholic Titular see in present Algeria. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's
References
- Codex Juris Canonici (Code of Canon Law), Vatican City: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1983.
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