He is a high-ranking priest where he performs the functions of an ordinary father like any other, but added to this he is in charge of a diocese. Diocese is defined as a territory where there is jurisdiction and ecclesiastical administration, in general it is made up of the union of different parish churches; However, the diocese at the hands of an archbishop could be said to be of high rank, either by the number of personnel involved or by the number of churches grouped in this type of diocese, they are assigned the name of archdiocese, the ceremony in the which a bishop happens to occupy the position of archbishop is given the name of " consecration ."
It should be noted that an archbishop does not have more power than a bishop, both are on the same level, the difference is the percentage of responsibility, the archbishop being the one who has to meet high levels of demand, since he must account for a larger diocese. and more prestigious. Another name given to archbishops is that of " metropolitan " with the surname of the region to which they belong.
In history it is stated that the first archbishop responded to the name of Saint Athanasius, obtaining the title approximately in the fourth century, however, according to the methodology of work to evangelize of the apostles and their disciples, they make us consider that they were the first archbishops. Because the disciples were the ones sent to the smallest regions to deliver the word of God, in fact, for the rulers the apostles were known as " metropolitans ."
