Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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EXCELLENCY
The proper title of a bishop or archbishop. It is also the correct form of address of patriarchs, instead of "His Beatitude," as decreed by the Congregation of Ceremonies in 1983.
