As a member of a monkish order, Gilbert took little account of parochial and diocesan systems.

There are remains of an eighth- or ninth-century church at Ardagh, which is known as St. Mel's Cathedral, although it dates from three centuries after the saint's death, and predates the introduction of a diocesan system in Ireland.

The diocesan system was generally introduced in many countries whose churches had hitherto been under a more or less provisional government (e.g. United States, England, Scotland, India).

SHDHS draws students from the grade schools of district parishes, as well as public school students transferring to the diocesan system.

David was at least partly responsible for forcing semi-monastic "bishoprics" like Brechin, Dunkeld, Mortlach (Aberdeen) and Dunblane to become fully episcopal and firmly integrated into a national diocesan system.

Unlike in Scandinavia and England, the bishops in the national churches did not survive the Reformation, making it impossible for a conventional diocesan system to continue within Lutheranism.

The diocesan system was further reorganised, with the number of metropolitan provinces being increased from two to four, by raising the dioceses of Dublin and Tuam to archdioceses.

Besides this diocesan system of priestly pastoral care, there are two other administrative bodies of crucial importance.

Furthermore, he had become convinced that the diocesan system of church government was unbiblical.

Tuition ranges from $225 a month for families living within Region 10 of the diocesan system - eight parishes in western Suffolk - to $310 for others.