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That was also true of St. Hilda of Whitby in the 7th century. I’m sure there were others. Surely St. Teresa also exercised spiritual authority over the male Carmelites…There was even a monastery in France in medieval days where there were two adjoined monasteries, one of men, one of women. The abbess ruled over both and had authority over the male monks.
Arguably Mother Angelica was, at the height of her ministry, more “powerful / influential” in the US Church than the average bishop.
I can’t recall the specifics now, but I know there was at least one abbess in Spain who was privileged to wear the mitre and exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction over a physical territory that extended well beyond her abbey walls. The priests within the geographic jurisdiction of the abbey effectively reported to her. She had the administrative responsibilities of a bishop…effectively the power of governance without the power of orders.