Abbot Bishop
An abbot- bishop is an abbot who has also received episcopal ordination. As abbot, he is the head of an abbey and mostly at the same time, as bishop, the head of a diocese . In early Christianity in Europe there were also abbeys whose abbots had the rank of bishop without presiding over a diocese or a territorial abbey .
This type of merging of offices is rare today - at most it is still common in missions .
Accordingly, an Abbot Bishop is:
- an abbot who is bishop of a diocese, or
- an abbot who is titular bishop .
An abbot of a territorial abbey is normally not an abbishop. He has the jurisdiction of a bishop, but not his ordination .
literature
- Albert Lehner: Sacerdos = bishop. Clerical hierarchy in the Emmeramsvita , Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86583-183-5
Web links
- Entry to Abbot Bishop on Order online