Aeque principaliter

Aeque principaliter ("equally important") is a Latin term used by the Roman Catholic Church to indicate a merger of two or more dioceses in which – to avoid questions of predominance – the dioceses are all given equal importance. Such a merger often followed a merger in persona episcopi.

This type of union essentially consists into the fusion of two or more circumscriptions in only one. As a consequence, this new diocese will have two or more episcopal sees and cathedrals, which corresponds of those of previous dioceses.

To make an example, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona and Tudela is an only diocese established by the union aeque principaliter between the Archdiocese of Pamplona and the Diocese of Tudela.

Through this fusion, the new circumscription has had two episcopal sees: Pamplona and Tudela.

As a consequence it has had also two cathedrals, one for each episcopal see.

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