Metropolitan bishop
![Macarius II, Metropolitan of Moscow. In the Russian Orthodox Church a white klobuk is distinctive of a metropolitan.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Metropolitan_of_Moscow_Makariy_Nevskiy0059.jpg")
![Cardinal Daniel DiNardo is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. In the Catholic Church, the pallium is unique to a metropolitan bishop.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Archbishop_Daniel_Dinardo0100.jpg")
![Coat of arms of a Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop](/Images/godic/202501/27/External_Ornaments_of_a_Metropolitan_Archbishop.svg0100.png")
![Metropolitan Vladimir of Saint Petersburg wearing the light blue mandyas of a Russian Orthodox metropolitan.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Mitropolit_Vladimir_Petersburg0100.jpg")
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis (then more precisely called metropolitan archbishop); that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.