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metropolitan

ecclesiastical office, archbishop at the head of a metropolitan archdiocese
Intangible ecclesiastical_occupation Q189854
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Summary

metropolitan is an ecclesiastical occupation[1]. metropolitan draws 2,974 Wikipedia views per month (ecclesiastical occupation category, ranking #6 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: archbishop[3]
  • Commons category: Metropolitan bishops[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Metropolitan bishops[5]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: metropolis[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[10]
  • Different from: Metropolitan[11]
  • Organization directed by the office or position: metropolis[12]

Why It Matters

metropolitan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] metropolitan is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Basilios Bessarion Hilarion (Alfeyev) I. Athenagoras Kirill Patriarch Alexius II Peter Mogila Philaret

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Metropolitan bishops
    Applies to jurisdiction → metropolis
    Organization directed by the office or position → metropolis
    Different from → Metropolitan
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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