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alternative episcopal oversight en · NOUN
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(qualifier:Anglicanism, uncountable) A system allowing parishes that reject the theological permissibility of the ordination or consecration of women to receive ministration from a bishop other than that of their respective geographical diocese, known as a provincial episcopal visitor or “flying bishop”.
Alternative episcopal oversight breaks this strong link between the local bishop and the geographical diocese; moreover, it undermines the bishop as a symbol of unity for the local church.
2018, Christopher Craig Brittain, Andrew McKinnon, The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads: The Crises of a Global Church, →ISBN, page 184:Near-synonym: extended episcopal care
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extended episcopal care