Finally, a word on the significance of the Armenian princely States from the ecclesiastical point of view. Following the conversion of the country, in the first quarter of the fourth century (241), the Church in Armenia adapted its territorial organization to the pattern of Armenian society: there was in Armenia, and generally in Caucasia, a tendency to 'dynasticize' the church. Thus, instead of having episcopal sees coincide with great urban centres, as in the Roman Empire, here dioceses were made to correspond to the more important princely States. As a result, a bishop generally bore the same territorial title as the corresponding prince. Some princely dynasties were associated with more than one diocese. Thus the Mamikonids had three bishops: of Taraun, styled 'Bishop of the Mamikonids,' of Tayk', and of Bagravandene; and