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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Cartagena is an archdiocese located in the city
of Cartagena in Colombia. An archbishop (from Greek ¿¿¿¿-, chief, and
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, bishop) is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher
sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest
(presbyter) and bishop. Accordingly, one does not become an archbishop
by ordination. Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which
the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and
duties of oversight over the other sees. He is known as the metropolitan
archbishop of that see. In the Roman Catholic Church, canon 436 of the
Code of Canon Law indicates what these powers and duties are for a Latin
Rite metropolitan archbishop, while those of the head of an autonomous
(sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Church are indicated in canon 157 of the
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
