considered primus inter pares of all the participants, convokes the meetings and issues the invitations. Primates and archbishops are styled "The Most Reverend". All other bishops are styled "The Right Reverend". Traditional Anglican Church The head of the Traditional Anglican Church's College of Bishops takes the title of Primate. Eastern Orthodox equivalent Historically, the primatial title in Western Christianity corresponded to the title and office of supra-metropolitan exarch in Eastern Christianity. Such exarchs, or primates, were archbishops of Ephesus (for the Diocese of Asia), Heraclea (for the Diocese of Thrace) and Caesarea (for the Diocese of Pontus). References Sources External links Catholic Encyclopaedia (also other articles) Catholic Hierarchy GCatholic.org Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German) Christian terminology