In Christianitate '''archiepiscopus''' {{victio|Archiepiscopus|i|m}} (ex Graeco αρχιἀρχι- 'primus' + επισκοποςἐπίσκοπος 'inspector', 'custos') est [[episcopus]] elatus. In ecclesiis enim [[Ecclesia Catholica|Catholica Romana]], [[Ecclesia Anglicana|Anglicana]], [[Ecclesia Lutherana|Lutherana]] necnon in aliis, archiepiscopus certam [[ecclesia]]e partem, [[Archidioecesis|archidioecesim]] vel provinciam appellatam, regit [[metropolita]]. [[Dioecesis]], cui archiepiscopus praeficitur, Provinciae Ecclesiasticae praeest (archidioecesis). <!-- ex en: An archbishop is equivalent to a bishop in sacred matters but simply has a higher precedence or degree of prestige. Thus, when someone who is already a bishop becomes an archbishop, that person does not receive Holy Orders again or any other sacrament; however, in the rarer case when a person who is not a bishop at all becomes an archbishop, they will need to be ordained a bishop before being created an archbishop and installed.-->
Primis ecclesiae temporibus unaquaeque civitas antistitem proprium, episcopum, habebat.
