the general of the Jesuits has several provinces under him
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Ecclesiastical Province — Ecclesiastical Province † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Province The name given to an ecclesiastical administrative district under the jurisdiction of an archbishop. Ecclesiastical provinces first assumed a fixed form in the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Ecclesiastical province — An ecclesiastical province (or churchly province) is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church (both Latin and … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario — The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of the Anglican Church of Canada s four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil Province of Ontario, and… … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land — The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert s Land was founded in 1875 and is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former… … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon — The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when… … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Province of Canada — The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada was founded in 1860 and is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite its name, the province covers only the former territory of Lower Canada (ie., southern and eastern… … Wikipedia
Nisibis (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province) — The ruins of the East Syrian church of Mar Yaʿqob in Nisibis The Nisibis region was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and seventeenth centuries. The province of Nisibis (Syriac: Nisibin, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, often abb … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Seminary — Ecclesiastical Seminary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Seminary I. TERMINOLOGY The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. Seminar) is sometimes used, especially in Germany, to designate a group of university students devoted … Catholic encyclopedia
Province of Quebec — The Province of Quebec † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Province of Quebec GEOGRAPHY The province of Quebec occupies mainly the two slopes of the vast basin formed by the St. Lawrence River whose course runs chiefly between the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Maishan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province) — The region of Maishan (Syriac: ܡܝܫܢ) in southern Iraq was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. The metropolitans of Maishan sat at Prath d Maishan (Syriac: ܦܪܬ ܕܡܝܫܢ), and for most of its… … Wikipedia
