Editing Archbishop (section)

===Titular archiepiscopal sees===
The distinction between metropolitan sees and non-metropolitan archiepiscopal sees exists for [[titular see]]s as well as for residential ones. The ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' marks titular sees of the former class with the abbreviation ''Metr.'' and the others with ''Arciv.''<ref name="AP2012" />{{rp|819}}

Many of the titular sees to which [[nuncio]]s and heads of departments of the Roman Curia who are not cardinals are assigned are not of archiepiscopal rank. In that case the person who is appointed to such a position is given the personal title of archbishop (''ad personam''). They are usually referred to as archbishop of the see, not as its archbishop-bishop.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}