Prélat métropolitain, qui a un certain nombre d'évêques pour suffragants.
ETYM AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek archiepiskopos. Related to Bishop.
A bishop of highest rank.
In the Christian church, a bishop of superior rank who has authority over other bishops in his jurisdiction and often over an ecclesiastical province. The office exists in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches.