{"id":53986,"date":"2026-04-16T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53986"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:06:23","slug":"address-catholic-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/address-catholic-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30ab\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u53f8\u6559\u3078\u306e\u547c\u3073\u304b\u3051\u65b9\uff1a\u5bfe\u9762\u304a\u3088\u3073\u66f8\u9762\u3067\u306e\u300c\u95a3\u4e0b\uff08Your Excellency\uff09\u300d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>You greet a Catholic bishop as Your Excellency, and after that by his title and surname. A letter goes to The Most Reverend John Smith, Bishop of [diocese], and opens Your Excellency or Dear Bishop Smith. In the United States an archbishop takes the same forms, with Archbishop in place of Bishop. The forms look like a lot to remember, but they rest on something simple. The honor is for the office, which Paul called &quot;a good work&quot; (1 Timothy\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greet a Catholic bishop as Your Excellency, then Bishop and his surname. A letter goes to The Most Reverend and opens Your Excellency or Dear Bishop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-53986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53992,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/how-many-catholic-dioceses-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":53986,"position":0},"title":"How Many Catholic Dioceses Are in the US? 196","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"7\u6708 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"There are 196 Catholic dioceses in the US: 176 Latin, 18 Eastern Catholic, the Military Archdiocese and the Ordinariate. 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