Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical hierarchy, or ecclesiocracy may refer to:

• Theocracy, a form of religious State government
• Hierocracy (medieval), papal temporal supremacy over the State
• Ecclesiastical polity, the government of a Christian denomination
  • Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
• Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity

See also[edit]

• Canonical territory