Editing Primus inter pares (section)

=== Catholic Church ===
{{See also|Apostolic succession}}In [[Latin Church|Latin]] and [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] Churches, the [[Pope]] (Bishop of Rome) is seen as the [[Vicar of Christ]] and "first among equals", the successor of [[Saint Peter]], and leader of the Christian world, in accordance with the rules of [[Apostolic succession]] to the [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]]. In the [[Catholic Church]], the Pope holds the office with supreme authority in [[canon law]] over all other bishops.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barbu |first=Stefanita |title=Primus inter pares? A historical-theological analysis of the question of papal primacy in the Orthodox-Roman Catholic dialogue from an Orthodox perspective}}</ref>
 
In the Catholic Church, the [[Dean of the College of Cardinals]] is the first among equal Prince of the Church in the college, which is the pope's highest-ranking council and elects the papal successor, generally from its own ranks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-21 |title=Pope issues Motu proprio regarding Dean of College of Cardinals - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-12/pope-francis-motu-proprio-dean-cardinals-sodano.html |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.vaticannews.va |language=en}}</ref>

Various episcopal sees were granted or claim the title of [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] (usually of a past or present political entity), which grants such a ''primas'' (usually a metropolitan archbishopric, often in a former/present capital) precedence over all other sees in its circumscription, outranking (other) metropolitan sees, but the incumbent primates can be trumped by personal ranks, as they rank below cardinals. More commonly, dioceses are geographically grouped in an [[ecclesiastical province]], where only one holds the rank of [[metropolitan archbishop]], which outranks his colleagues, who are therefore called his [[suffragan]]s, even if these include (fairly rarely) another archbishop.