How to say "archbishop" in Japanese

• 大司教だいしきょうCommon
  nounThe common word for an archbishop in the Catholic Church; when writing about Catholic archbishops, this is the term you want.
• 大主教だいしゅきょう
  nounThe term for archbishops of the Orthodox, Anglican and other churches; it is less common than the Catholic 大司教, and is the word to use when the archbishop belongs to one of those churches.
• アーチビショップ
  nounA katakana loanword for 'archbishop' generally. Because it is less common than the kanji terms, 大司教 for Catholic and 大主教 for Orthodox and Anglican usage is usually the better choice.

Choose 大司教 for a Catholic archbishop and 大主教 for archbishops of the Orthodox, Anglican and other churches; 「アーチビショップ」 is a less common loanword covering the title generally.

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• 大司教だいしきょうarchbishop (Catholic)
• 大主教だいしゅきょうarchbishop (Orthodox, Anglican, etc.)
• アーチビショップarchbishop