Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)

A metropolis is a diocese whose bishop is the metropolitan of a province. Metropolitan sees, historically, have been important cities in their provinces.
In the Eastern Orthodox churches, a metropolis is a type of diocese, along with eparchies, exarchates, and archdioceses. http://orthodoxwiki.org/Metropolis 
==See also==
* Diocese
* Metropolitan bishop
==References==
Category:Eastern Orthodoxy
Category:Episcopacy in Roman Catholicism
Category:Christian group structuring