diocese, in commemoration of its historical status. In the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, it has been the custom to give this title to a metropolitan bishop or a metropolitan archbishop or a bishop who already shepherds an active archdiocese or diocese. It would be considered a part of his ecclesiastical jurisdiction; rather than having a metropolitan bishop or a metropolitan archbishop or a bishop overseeing a defunct diocese, with no real congregation of its own (i.e. Pentapolis and Nubia). He assists the patriarch and other hierarchs in consecrating, crowning and enthroning other patriarchs, catholicoi, archbishops, metropolitans and bishops. He ordains archpriests, priests, archdeacons, deacons, sub-deacons and all minor orders to serve the parishes of his diocese or eparchy. (Being already a diocesan metropolitan or bishop as mentioned above). He has the same episcopal authority and dignity as any regular bishop or metropolitan (since in this case, he is in fact a diocesan bishop/metropolitan). He can also be the abbot of a monastery, if assigned by the patriarch, and in this case, he can keep his title of titular bishop, side by side with his title of bishop abbot. Chorbishop (Chori-Episcopus) An episcopal rank given for a hierarch of a small town or village, under the jurisdiction of a metropolitan bishop, a metropolitan archbishop or a bishop. He has the same ecclesiastical authority as that of the other hierarchs. The exception is that he is to ordain priests or deacons and all minor orders, to consecrate holy vessels, altars, baptisteries or churches only in his village or town and only with the authorization of the patriarch, if assigned within the patriarchal diocese, or that of a metropolitan bishop, a metropolitan archbishop or a bishop of the metropolis/diocese, in which his town or village is. This special patriarchal, metropolitan or episcopal permission is essential for the above-mentioned ordinations and consecrations. He cannot do the above-mentioned consecration outside his assigned jurisdiction, or even within the main diocesan cities of the province he serves in. He assists the patriarch and other hierarchs in consecrating, crowning and enthroning other patriarchs, catholicoi, archbishops, metropolitans and bishops by episcopal permission of the ruling hierarch of the provincial diocese or eparchy, in which he is serving. He also has no jurisdiction over the priests or archpriests of the major or capital cities within the province where his town or village is located. He has the same episcopal