Talk:Ecclesiastical province

RC Catholicism authority over nominating bishops
The archdiocese of Miami has provided ELEVEN bishops in the past 20 years or so. The most recent one was to the diocese of Pueblo! Pueblo? Not nearly within the province. So how can a metropolitan influence a Pueblo appointee? And second, I very nearly doubt that any other diocese in the province comes anywhere close to eleven candidates within that time frame TOTAL for the other six! Must all potential candidates be moved to Miami for scrutiny? How does this work? If there is anything in a WP:RELY source, we need to put it here. Thanks. Student7 (talk) 23:26, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Any diocese or archdiocese that has auxiliary bishops will tend to have a more significant number of priests named bishops. The biggest obstacle for any priest to be named a bishop is visibility. It helps greatly if other bishops, the nuncio, and officials in Rome have heard of or know the candidate.
 * In the case of auxiliary bishops, the names suggested by the ordinary of that diocese is given a lot of weight. The ordinary (at least in theory) knows both the priests and the particular needs of the diocese, and thus should be in a position to know who would be a good candidate to serve as his assistant. But once a priest has become an auxiliary bishop, they will begin interacting with the other bishops in the national bishops' conference, the nuncio, and officials in Rome plus they will have at least some track record as a bishop. Thus when an unrelated diocese becomes vacant, they are more likely to be considered. (Of course, if an auxiliary bishop is moved to another diocese, the ordinary that lost the auxiliary will then ask for a new auxiliary ... starting the process over again.)--Dcheney (talk) 16:18, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


 * In Miami, the latest guy was not an auxiliary! He was a priest! And he was appointed to another ecclesiastical province. Not his own!
 * These folks are nearly all being drawn out of the archdiocese for starters, not from the dioceses at all. So somehow, they were identified early on for placement in the archdiocese where they would get visibility from the archbishop and his auxiliaries. Normally, this would require a change in the priests oath, if it got that far, so selection must take place before ordination. But anyway, we would need a ref to put it in the article. I know that some people selected early go to a "national" seminary where they can meet each other. In the old days, they were selected to attend special universities abroad, Fulton Sheen, for example. The future Pope Paul II, as another. Both got their doctorates in theology from another country.Student7 (talk) 14:08, 12 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Consultation happens on al levels of the Hierarchy. The American Cardinals are certainly consulted, along with other key bishops.

Miami is a gateway. Miami in particular has a very mixed community, with Latin Americans predominating. Latin Americans in the US are greatly, if not the main reason, Catholicism is growing. Pueblo must be one of those growth spots that an Anglo-American priest would have some difficulty taking care of his flock. Thus a priest that can attend both an Anglo and a Latino is already ahead, naturally speaking. But in general, they also look among the ones with advanced studies. A doctorate in Canon Law is a flag for selection. Also a STD and Ph.D. So already you eliminate a good amount of candidates. This nomination of Mons. Isern, was not too surprising. In the sense that he was "promotable". He had the most active parish in Miami, among the first in members and in my opinion, one of the more pious ones. I happen to have been to his parish late night and found the Adoration Chapel full. Full, no seats and young people in there.

Seeing results are one of the best ways of deciding.

--94.37.172.194 (talk) 21:03, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Should we have an article on metropolis (religion)?
Pl wiki and some other wikis have separate entries on the concept of metropolis. The tiny pl wiki entry at pl:Metropolia (religia) and pl:Prowincja kościelna states that metropolis is the type of the ecclesiastical province specific to some branches of Christianity. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 08:10, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Anglican???
What Anglican church has anything to do with the article??? Anglican Church appeared long after (centuries after) the term was established. The information only adds to confusion. Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 15:06, 26 September 2016 (UTC)