Chorbishop (Gk χωρεπίσκοπος, επίσκοπος τῆς χώρας/chōrepíscopos, epíscopos tēs chōras; Lat. chorepiscopus, episcopus vicanus) is the term designating a bishop who had authority over rural (Gk χώρα/chōra or κώμη/kōme; Lat. pagus or vicus) Christian communities, whereas a bishop was the religious leader of an urban community (πόλις/pólis). This ministry emerged, as can be inferred from documents, in the East between the 2nd and the 3rd centuries …