Saturday, December 24, 2016

Is there a procedure for downgrading a metropolitan see?

I would not be surprised if the Archdiocese of San Francisco shrinks in the short term, parishes having to be closed and the archdiocese reducing its operations because of lack of funding. Meanwhile the diocese of San Jose may be doing better -- is there precedent for a metropolitan see being downgraded and being replaced by another city as the local metropolitan see?

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