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Monsignor vs Archbishop - What's the difference?

monsignor | archbishop |

As nouns the difference between monsignor and archbishop

is that monsignor is an ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope while archbishop is in the Roman Catholic Church and other churches, a senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province.

monsignor

English

Noun

(wikipedia Monsignor) (Monsignori)
  • An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

    • Related terms

    * Abbreviation :

    archbishop

    English

    (wikipedia archbishop)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the Roman Catholic Church and other churches, a senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province .

    • Related terms

    * archbishopdom * archbishopric * archbishopship * archepiscopal * bishop * bishopric * episcopal

    See also

    * archdiocese * diocese * Excellency * Grace * prelate * primate