The Most Reverend

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The Most Reverend is a formal ecclesiastical style used primarily for bishops and archbishops in various Christian churches.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Most Reverend canonical 3
The Right Reverend 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical style
honorific style
appliesToRank episcopal rank
category Christian honorific
religious title
contrastedWith The Right Reverend
The Very Reverend
hasContext formal address
written address
language English
notUsedFor deacons
most parish priests
relatedConcept forms of address
honorifics
religiousContext Christianity
shortForm The Most Rev.
stylePrecedes ecclesiastical office title
personal name
usedFor archbishops
bishops
heads of some national churches
metropolitans
patriarchs in some traditions
primates
some abbots
some moderators of churches
usedIn Anglican Communion
Christian churches
Eastern Catholic Churches
Lutheran churches
Methodist churches
Presbyterian churches
Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

R. Luke Concanen honorificPrefix The Most Reverend
Bishop of Basingstoke style The Most Reverend
this entity surface form: The Right Reverend
Randall Davidson honorificPrefix The Most Reverend
Christian Lépine honorificPrefix The Most Reverend