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{{EcclesiarchyPortal}}
A '''diocese''' is a region of the [[Imperium]] as divided by the [[Adeptus Ministorum]]. Each is headed by a [[Cardinal]] who might control hundreds of [[Preacher]]s within the diocese. Each diocese originally encompassed hundreds of worlds.{{Fn|1a}} [[Ecclesiarch]] [[Sebastian Thor]], as part of his reforms, reduced the size of a diocese and therefore limited the individual power of each Cardinal, making it harder for any one Cardinal to gain too much power.{{Fn|1b}} In the modern Imperium, a single Diocese generally encompasses an entire world.{{Fn|2}}
Each diocese originally encompassed hundreds of worlds.{{Fn|1a}} [[Ecclesiarch]] [[Sebastian Thor]], as part of his reforms following the [[Age of Apostasy]], reduced the size of a diocese and therefore limited the individual power of each Cardinal, making it harder for any one Cardinal to gain too much power.{{Fn|1b}} In the modern Imperium, a single Diocese generally encompasses an entire world.{{Fn|2}} ==Related ArticlesSee also==
*[[List of sectors]]
*[[Planets (List)]]
==Sources==
*1: [[Codex: Sisters of Battle (2nd Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 5
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 16
