What is "archdeaconries"

Usage examples of "archdeaconries".

York was divided into five archdeaconries: York, East Riding, Cleveland, Richmond and Nottingham.

Since the Reformation, southern Thuringia's Catholic Church had ceased to exist—there were no archdeaconries, no dioceses, no Catholic ecclesiastical administration of any kind.

Since the Reformation, southern Thuringia's Catholic Church had ceased to exist-there were no archdeaconries, no dioceses, no Catholic ecclesiastical administration of any kind.

Since the Reformation, southern Thuringia's Catholic Church had ceased to exist—there were no archdeaconries, no dioceses, no Catholic ecclesiastical administration of any kind.