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Episcopal may refer to:
- Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
- Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
- Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name
- Episcopal Church (United States), an affiliate of Anglicanism based in the United States
- Episcopal conference, an official assembly of bishops in a territory of the Roman Catholic Church
- Episcopal polity, the church united under the oversight of bishops
- Episcopal see, the official seat of a bishop, often applied to the area over which he exercises authority
- Historical episcopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession
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