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blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar Of The Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Peace Window . In Catholicism , the Pope is the bishop of the Diocese Of Rome . He creates the other Dioceses throughout the world and chooses their bishops.]] In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit administrated by a Bishop , hence also referred to as a '''''bishopric''''' or Episcopal Area (as in United Methodism ) or '' Episcopal See '', though more often the term ''episcopal see'' means the office held by the bishop. The diocese is the key unit of authority in the form of church governance known as Episcopal Polity . In the Roman Catholic Church , an important diocese is called an '''archdiocese''' (usually due to size, historical significance, or both), which is governed by an Archbishop , who may in the Catholic hierarchy either be exempt from or have Metropolitan authority over the other ('suffragan') dioceses within a wider jurisdiction called Ecclesiastical Province . As Of 2003 , there are approximately 569 Roman Catholic archdioceses and 2014 dioceses. The Orthodox Church calls its dioceses Metropolises. The Church Of England continued and developed this diocesan structure after the Reformation . This continued throughout the Anglican Communion . In the later organization of the Roman Empire , the increasingly subdivided Provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese. ( Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration"). The Catholic Church adopted the Roman diocesan structure of authority during the . CHRISTIAN HIERARCHY Modern Christian usage of 'diocese' tends to refer to the sphere of a bishop's jurisdiction. This became commonplace during the self-conscious "classicizing" structural evolution of the Carolingian Empire in the 9th century, but this usage had itself been evolving from the much earlier ''parochia'' (" Parish "), dating from the increasingly formalised Christian authority structure in the 4th century (see ''EB'' 1911). OTHER DENOMINATIONS In the United Methodist Church , a Bishop is given oversight over a geographical area called an Episcopal Area . Each Episcopal Area contains one or more Annual Conference , which is how the churches and clergy under the bishop's supervision are organized. Thus, the use of the term "diocese" referring to geography is the most equivalent in the U.M. Church, whereas each Annual Conference is part of one Episcopal Area (though that Area may contain more than one Conference). The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints uses the term Ward , rather than parish, to refer to the jurisdiction of the Bishop and his counselors. However, the ward is not equal in size to a Catholic diocese; rather, a Stake is. SEE ALSO
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