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EXEMPT BISHOP
The ordinary of a diocese that does not form part of an ecclesiastical province. So called because he is exempt from the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop and directly subject to the Pope.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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