Primate
<p ><b>Primate</b> (pronounced PRIME-it) is a title or rank bestowed on some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop" >bishops</a> in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_of_authority" title="Title of authority" >title of authority</a>) or ceremonial precedence (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_of_honour" title="Title of honour" class="mw-redirect" >title of honour</a>).</p>
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In many countries, the Primate is based in a city other than the capital. This often reflects historical circumstances, with the Primate located in what had been the capital when the country first became Christianized, and with such geographical disparity helping to preserve the Church's autonomy from the secular government.</p>
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A <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate" title="Primate" >primate</a></b> is any member of the biologic order Primates.
<b>Primate</b> may also refer to:</p>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)" >Primate (bishop)</a>, a title bestowed on bishops by some Christian churches</li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primates_(journal)" title="Primates (journal)" ><i>Primates</i> (journal)</a>, a scientific journal</li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_primate" title="Prince primate" >Prince primate</a>, a title formerly given in German and Hungarian nations</li>
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<h2 >[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primate_(disambiguation)&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:Disambig_editintro" title="Edit section: See also" >edit</a>]See also</h2>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate%27s_Palace" title="Primate's Palace" >Primate's Palace</a>, a palace in Slovakia</li>
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<h3 >Informal titles</h3>
<p >The following are often called by the title "Primate" of the area indicated, for historical, or other reasons. However, the titles do not have official ecclesiastical standing:</p>
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<li >In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America" title="United States of America" class="mw-redirect" >United States of America</a>, where an official primacy was never awarded, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Baltimore#In_general.3B.22Prerogative_of_Place.22" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore" >Archbishop of Baltimore</a> is sometimes called "honorary primate". Because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,Maryland" title="Baltimore, Maryland" class="mw-redirect" >Baltimore</a> was the first diocese in the country, its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop" >diocesan bishop</a> is granted ceremonial precedence before all the bishops (except those nominally created <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal(Catholicism)" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)" >cardinals</a>) of all other sees in the USA. In addition, the Archdiocese of Baltimore included the federal capital of the USA, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." >Washington, D.C.</a>, until 1947.</li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Prague" title="Archbishop of Prague" class="mw-redirect" >Archbishop of Prague</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic" >Czech</a> Primate.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate_(religion)#cite_note-14" >[15]</a></sup></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Pisa" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa" >Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa</a> - In 1092, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_II" title="Pope Urban II" >Pope Urban II</a> entitled the archbishop of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisa" title="Pisa" >Pisa</a> Primate of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica" >Corsica</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia" >Sardinia</a>. This title nowadays is only honorary.</li>
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<p >When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England" >England</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales" >Wales</a> was split into three ecclesiastical provinces in 1911, the pre-existent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Westminster" title="Archbishop of Westminster" >Archbishop of Westminster</a> was given certain privileges of pre-eminence constituting him 'chief metropolitan', but without the title of primate.
Similarly the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Seoul" title="Archbishop of Seoul" class="mw-redirect" >Archbishop of Seoul</a> is informally considered to be the primate of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" title="Korea" >Korea</a>, although a formal title has never been granted by the Vatican.
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