Christian diocese

C17218
concept

A Christian diocese is a geographic ecclesiastical district under the pastoral care and administrative authority of a bishop within a particular Christian denomination.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Christian diocese canonical 20
former Christian diocese 9
Christian episcopal see 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Christian diocese
Generated description
A Christian diocese is a geographic ecclesiastical district under the pastoral care and administrative authority of a bishop within a particular Christian denomination.

Instances (35)

Instance Via concept surface
Bishopric of Leuven —
Bishopric of Maastricht —
Bishopric of Dordrecht —
Bishopric of Leiden —
Bishopric of Vlaardingen —
Bishopric of Veere —
Bishopric of Vlissingen —
Bishopric of Goes former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Tholen —
Patriarchate of Antioch Christian episcopal see
Bishopric of Düren former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Duisburg —
Bishopric of Wuppertal —
Bishopric of Remscheid former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Krefeld former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Viersen —
Bishopric of Heinsberg —
Diocese of Brechin —
Bishopric of Bedburg former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Jüchen former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Wermelskirchen —
Bishopric of Hückeswagen former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Altena former Christian diocese
Bishopric of Iserlohn former Christian diocese
Bishop of Fond du Lac Episcopal Church (United States) diocesan bishopric
Diocese of Bangor —
Diocese of St Davids —
Archbishopric of Novgorod —
Bishopric of Tongeren —
Diocese of Clogher —
Archdiocese of Thessaloniki —
Eparchy of Nekresi (historical) Christian eparchy
Coptic Orthodox dioceses Christian dioceses
Archbishop of Gortyna Christian episcopal see
Diocese of Beroea Christian episcopal see