* 1329 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII ; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.

* Christian of Clogher ( d. 1138 ), Irish saint and Bishop

Memorial plaque of Bishop Christian at Grudziądz

At least Christian was able to establish the Diocese of Chełmno east of the Vistula, adopting the episcopal rights from the Masovian Bishop of Płock, confirmed by both Duke Konrad and the Pope.

Christian ceded his possessions to the new State of the Teutonic Order and in turn was appointed Bishop of Chełmno the next year.

Bishop Christian continued his mission in Sambia ( Samland ), where from 1233 to 1239 he was held captive by pagan Prussians, and freed in trade for five other hostages who then in turn were released for a ransom of 800 Marks, granted to him by Pope Gregory IX.

The word docetai ( illusionists ) referring to early groups who denied Jesus's humanity, first occurred in a letter by Bishop Serapion of Antioch ( 197-203 ), who discovered the doctrine in the Gospel of Peter, during a pastoral visit to a Christian community using it in Rhosus, and later condemned it as a forgery.

In her wedding procession, she arrived to Poland with Christian clergymen, among them possibly Jordan, the first Bishop of Poland ( since 968 ).

Bishop Brynjólfur sent the Codex Regius as a present to King Christian IV of Denmark, hence the name Codex Regius.

* Bishop, an overseer in the Christian church

Initially growing up in Bithynia, raised by his maternal grandmother, at the age of seven he was under the guardianship of Eusebius of Nicomedia, the semi-Arian Christian Bishop of Nicomedia, and taught by Mardonius, a Gothic eunuch, whom Julian wrote warmly of later.

The Epistola ad Zenam et Serenum, an exhortation to Christian living, is dependent upon Clement of Alexandria, and is assigned by Pierre Batiffol to the Novatian Bishop Sisinnius ( c. 400 ).

Taking the advice of the first Bishop of Prussia, Christian of Oliva, Konrad founded the crusading Order of Dobrzyń ( or Dobrin ) in 1220.

The Catholic Church teaches that, within the Christian community, the bishops as a body have succeeded to the body of the apostles and the Bishop of Rome has succeeded to Saint Peter.

The term came to be applied to any Christian bishop, but since the 11th century commonly refers specifically to the Bishop of Rome, who is more strictly called the " Roman Pontiff ".

Through Bishop Mattias, Hemming Gadh and other swedish of high stature, Christian sent a quotation about retreat that was very advantageous for the swedes.

* The Life, Miracles & Martyrdom of St. Timothy, Bishop of the Christian Church

The first Bishop of Prussia, Christian of Oliva, was commissioned in 1209 to convert the Prussians, at the request of Konrad I of Masovia ( duke from 1194 to 1247 ).

According to the only contemporary source, Hypatia was murdered by a Christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in Alexandria: the governor Orestes and the Bishop of Alexandria.

Pope Saint Leo I, also known as Leo the Great ( c. 391 or 400 – 10 November 461 ) was the Bishop of Rome — the Pope — of the Christian Church from 29 September 440 to his death on 10 November 461.

Frumentius becomes the first Bishop of Axum and encouraged the Christian merchants present in the country to practise their faith openly.

The Memphis area is home to many private, college-prep schools: Briarcrest Christian School ( co-ed ), Christian Brothers High School ( boys ), Evangelical Christian School ( co-ed ), First Assembly Christian School ( co-ed ), Hutchison School ( girls ), Lausanne Collegiate School ( co-ed ), Memphis University School ( boys ), Saint Benedict at Auburndale ( co-ed ), St. George's Independent School ( co-ed ), St. Agnes Academy ( girls ), Bishop Byrne Middle and High School ( co-ed ), Immaculate Conception Cathedral School ( girls ), St. Mary's Episcopal School ( girls ), and Elliston Baptist Academy ( co-ed ).

His reputation was such that a number of monks requested him to write a book to kindle their zeal ; and his letter to Joscelin, later archbishop of Bordeaux, who had asked him to decide a dispute between Bishop Isembert of Poitiers and his chapter, is evidence of the authority attributed to his judgment.

In April 1939, the Bishop of Southwark asked Jung if he had any specific views on what was likely to be the next step in religious development.

Other examples of his bold interviewing style include getting Lindsay Urwin, the Bishop of Horsham, to admit that God created the Universe, and then asked him, " And since then ,'s just chilled?

" Ali G asked the Bishop about God's appearance, to which the Bishop replied, " Well, he's sort of Jesus-shaped.

Silvanus, Bishop of Calahorra, had violated the church laws by his episcopal ordinations, and the pope was asked for his decision.

Wren's first architectural project was the chapel of Pembroke College in Cambridge, which his uncle, the Bishop of Ely, asked him to design in 1663.

In 626, he asked Patriarch Sergius to approach Cyrus, Bishop of Phasis, to secure his cooperation.

When Pope Innocent II asked Thurstan's opinion on the elevation of Anselm of St Saba, who was Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, to become Bishop of London, Thurstan replied " If we consider his life and reputation, it would be much more fitting to remove him from his abbacy than to promote him to be bishop of London.

He also asked to " confess to a learned divine " and was visited by Bishop Stephen Gardiner, who had passed most of Edward's reign in the Tower and was now Mary's Lord Chancellor.

When the Vincentians pulled out of educational ministry in Los Angeles in 1911, Bishop Thomas Conaty asked the Jesuits to come to Los Angeles and take over St. Vincent's College.

When she was examined before her trial, Bishop was asked about her coat which had been awkwardly “ cut or torn in two ways ”.

Preparing for a journey to Tarsus, he called on the Bishop of Tarsus, Diodore, who was attending the First Council of Constantinople ( one of the ecumenical councils ), to ask if he could take letters for him ; his appearance and manners struck Diodorus so forcibly that he at once determined that he should be advanced as a candidate for Bishop ; making an excuse of attending to some other business, he took Nectarius to see the bishop of Antioch, who asked Nectarius to put off his journey a short time.

Bishop Kenrick asked Catholics to offer no resistance and urged them to wait for the law to deal with the rioters.

In 1693 Aubrey asked his brother William and Thomas Tanner ( afterwards Bishop of St Asaph ), to bring the project to completion: they were keen to do so, but it was not to be.

To his inquiry who he was, Morton replied, ‘ I am that old man, the Bishop of Durham, in spite of all your votes ;’ asked where he was going, his answer was, ‘ To London, to live there a little while, and then to die .’ Ultimately Sir Christopher invited him to his house at Easton Mauduit, ten miles from Northampton.

In 1919, Archimandrite Nikolaj was consecrated Bishop of Žiča but did not remain long in that diocese, being asked to take over the functions of the diocese of Ohrid and Bitola, in Macedonia.

Father Mortara asked Bishop Corrigan for financial support.

The land was given to the people of Sutton Coldfield by King Henry VIII in 1528 after Bishop John Vesey, a friend of the King, asked for it as a present to the people of Sutton Coldfield.

In return, Bishop of Bačka Apostolic Administration Ljudevit Lajčo Budanović asked Petković to found monasteries of her Order in Subotica and surrounding areas, so the locals could get the spiritual gain that nuns of her Order ccould provide them.

Bishop Pontian plainly told the emperor that he had asked them to condemn men of whose writings they knew nothing.

When later asked the same question, Bishop conceded that oil companies do receive a drilling tax break, seemingly unaware of the dozen other tax breaks offered to the oil and gas industry.

Before 1095, Andorra did not have any type of military protection and since the Bishop of Urgell knew that the Count of Urgell wanted to reclaim the Andorran valleys, he asked for help from the Lord of Caboet.