The life of Bishop Haik, who preferred the humble title of Brother Haik except when dealing with government authorities, began in 1945 in Tehran, Iran as the firstborn of an Armenian middle-class family.

In the mid-1990s, Bishop Haik Hovsepian Mehr, head of the Iranian Assemblies of God, was ordered to comply with the following directives:

Following a worldwide outcry initiated by his friend and colleague Bishop Haik Hovsepian Mehr, Dibaj was finally freed in January 1994, although the death sentence was not lifted.

It was also during his stay in Australia that Leadbeater became the Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church and co-wrote the Liturgy Book for that denomination, still in use today.

* Bishop Vinton Randolph Anderson ( 1927-) First African American to be elected President of the World Council of Churches ( served January 1991-December 1998 ); author of My Soul Shouts and subject of an edited work ( Gayraud Wilmore & Louis Charles Harvey, editors, A Model of A Servant Bishop ; first native Bermudian elected a bishop in any church / denomination

His denomination as Wulfstan II is to indicate that he is the second Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester.

In 1860, Lady L. Smith, the wife of the first Bishop of Victoria and the Society for the Promotion of Female Education in the Far East ( FES ) established a girls ' school affiliated with the Diocese of the Anglican denomination in Hong Kong.

One reason is to avoid causing offense or confusion when an Orthodox bishop serves a place which is also the see of a bishop of a different denomination: the Orthodox bishop in Oxford, England, is titled Bishop of Diokleia ; the Russian Orthodox diocese of the United Kingdom is the Diocese of Sourozh.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Presiding Bishop is the highest leadership position within the church's Aaronic priesthood.

He was only the second Bishop of this denomination, a predecessor to the Evangelical United Brethren Church ( and the United Methodist Church ).

Bishop W. McCollough succeeded the founder of the denomination.

A church, belonging to the diocese of the Bishop of Lausanne, has existed in the village since its first denomination as Yvonand ; the reformed parish church was built again in 1749 and received a new tower in 1906, which was upgraded in 2006.

Magneto and Polaris created opposite magnetic polarities, Iceman, Storm, and Sunfire provided elemental extremes, Cyclops, Phoenix, and Cable gave the sheer power of family, Xavier represented the power of mind and Bishop and Mikhail stood for time and space, while the Monolith linked all their energies together.

On April 23, 1968, the United Methodist Church was created when the Evangelical United Brethren Church ( represented by Bishop Reuben H. Mueller ) and The Methodist Church ( represented by Bishop Lloyd Christ Wicke ) joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas.

The Bishop of Avignon was chancellor of the university from 1303 to 1475, after 1475 the bishop became and Archbishop, but remained chancellor of the university. The papal vice-legate, generally a bishop, represented the civil power ( in this case the pope ) and was chiefly a judicial officer, ranking higher than the Primicerius ( Rector ).

His education began in the school of Bishop Fulbert of Chartres, who represented the traditional theology of the early Middle Ages, but did not succeed in imposing it on his pupil.

Charters for the holding of markets and fairs were granted in 1235 ( though this charter was swiftly revoked following objections by the Bishop of Wells to the competition it represented to the market in that city ), 1260 and 1318, and indicate that the town was developing and prospering in the 13th and early 14th centuries.

In the state legislature Bishop is located in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Jean Fuller, and in the 34th Assembly District, represented by Republican Connie Conway.

Federally, Bishop is located in California's 25th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R + 7 and is represented by Republican Buck McKeon.

In the state legislature West Bishop is located in the 18th Senate District, represented by Republican Roy Ashburn, and in the 18th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bill Maze.

Federally, West Bishop is located in California's 25th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R + 7 and is represented by Republican Buck McKeon.

It is part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which as of 2010 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman ( Labour ).

De Brome's foundation was confirmed in a charter of 21 January 1326, in which the Crown, represented by the Lord Chancellor, was to exercise the rights of Visitor ; a further charter drawn up in May of that year gave the rights of Visitor to Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln, Oxford at that time being part of the diocese of Lincoln.

He was baptised at the private chapel of Windsor Castle on 17 May 1900, by Randall Thomas Davidson, Bishop of Winchester, and his godparents were: Queen Victoria ( his great-grandmother ); the German Emperor ( his cousin, for whom Prince Albert of Prussia stood proxy ); Princess Henry of Battenberg ( his paternal grandaunt ); the Duchess of Cumberland ( his paternal grandaunt, whose sister, his grandmother the Princess of Wales represented her ); Prince George of Greece ( his cousin, for whom Prince Henry's paternal grandfather the Prince of Wales stood proxy ); Princess Carl of Denmark ( his paternal aunt, for whom her sister Princess Victoria of Wales stood proxy ); Prince Alexander of Teck ( his maternal uncle, for whom Prince Henry's granduncle the Duke of Cambridge stood proxy ); and Field Marshal The Earl Roberts ( for whom General Sir Dighton Probyn stood proxy ).

Cooper's father was created a baronet in 1622, and he represented Poole in the parliaments of 1625 and 1628, supporting the attack on Richard Neile, Bishop of Winchester for his Arminian tendencies.

Some scholars trace the use of the surplice at least as far back as the 5th century, citing the evidence of the garments worn by the two clerics in attendance on Bishop Maximian represented in the mosaics of the Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna ; in this case, however, confusing the dalmatic with the surplice.

The town is a part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, and is currently represented at Westminster by Helen Goodman MP ( Labour ).

The parties represented during the conference were: the British Government, the Patriotic Front led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, ZAPU ( Zimbabwe African Peoples Union ) and ZANU ( Zimbabwe African National Union ) and the Zimbabwe Rhodesia government, represented by Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Ian Smith.

The young prince was baptised Edward Augustus, at Norfolk House, by The Bishop of Oxford, Thomas Secker, and his godparents were his great-uncle The King in Prussia ( for whom The Duke of Queensberry stood proxy ), The Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( who was represented by Lord Carnarvon ), and his maternal aunt The Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels ( for whom Lady Charlotte Edwin, a daughter of the late 4th Duke of Hamilton, stood proxy ).

* Bishop ( chess ), a chess piece ( originally represented as an elephant )

However, Bishop Mason preached at this founding meeting of the Assemblies of God and wished them well in their efforts.

It is reported that Elvis Presley was baptized in the Assemblies of God at age nine, but was later re-baptized ( at age around 14 ) according to the Jesus ' Name formula by Bishop Joseph Rex Dyson, according to Dyson himself.

Garfield Thomas Haywood was Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World from 1925-1931.

He was the Bishop of the Jama ' at-e Rabbani church ( part of the Assemblies of God church movement ) until his death.

He and four other leading COOLJC ministers were soon formally ordained as bishops in a ceremony performed by Bishop John Holly of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World.

The New JEWEL Movement ( NJM ) was formally established on 11 March 1973 as an alliance of the Joint Endeavour for Welfare, Education, and Liberation ( JEWEL ) and the Movement for Assemblies of the People ( MAP ), led by young lawyer Maurice Bishop.

* G T Haywood, First Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World.

In the polity of the Church of God ( Cleveland, Tennessee ), the international leader is the Presiding Bishop, and the members of the Executive Committee are Executive Bishops.

In 2002, the general convention of the Pentecostal Church of God came to a consensus to change the title of their overseer from General Superintendent to Bishop.

The official list of titles of the Pope, in the order in which they are given in the Annuario Pontificio, is: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God.

Papal bulls are headed N. Episcopus Servus Servorum Dei (" Name, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God ").

When Montenegro re-established secular dynastic succession by the proclamation of princedom in 1851, it did so in favor of the last Prince-bishop, who changed his style from Vladika i upravitelj Crne Gore i Brde " Vladika ( Bishop ) and Ruler of Montenegro and Brda " to Po Bozjoj milosti knjaz i gospodar Crne Gore i Brde " By the grace of God Prince and Sovereign of Montenegro and Brda ", thus rendering his de facto dynasty ( the Petrović-Njegoš family since 1696 ) a hereditary one.

* Francis de Sales ' literary masterpiece Treatise on the Love of God is published, while he is Bishop of Geneva.

* March 31 – Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George, begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that God favors churches with no government.

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?

In a statement released on 8 June, Bishop Belo explained: " Following two meetings in 2003 and in 2004 with His Eminence the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, I am offering myself to serve the Kingdom of God on the Missions, outside East Timor, in Mozambique, more precisely in the Diocese of Maputo.

However, the Bishop admonishes Valjean ( in front of the police ) for forgetting to also take the silver candlesticks that he'd given Valjean, reminding Valjean of his " promise " to use the silver to become an honest man, claiming to have bought Valjean's soul with it, withdrawing it from evil and giving it to God.

According to Aldred ’ s colophon, the Lindisfarne Gospels were made in honour of God and Saint Cuthbert, a Bishop of the Lindisfarne monastery who was becoming “ Northern England ’ s most popular Saint ”.

The Bishop of Rome exalts himself against all that is called God ; e. g., he is addressed by terms ( Pope, Supreme Pontiff, Holy Father, etc.

* Bishop Ted Thomas, Sr. ( 1967 -), Pentecostal African-American preacher, pastor of New Community Temple Church of God in Christ

English version: Bishop Artemije Radosavljević Why Did God Become Man?

The introduction to his laws names his advisors, among whom are Eorcenwald, Bishop of London and Hædde, Bishop of Winchester ; Ine says that the laws were also made with the advice and instruction of " all my ealdormen, and chief councillors of my people, and also a great assembly of the servants of God ".

The Poem of the Man God by Maria Valtorta was forbidden by the Holy Office under Pope John XXIII in 1959, a condemnation upheld in Cardinal Ratzinger's above-mentioned 1985 letter, almost two decades after the abolition of the Index ; but in 2001 Catholic Bishop Roman Danylak, by then a canon of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome and no longer in charge of an eparchy, granted, in his own words, " a letter of commendation, a Nihil Obstat, Imprimatur and a testimonial to this website of a Catholic monk on the writings of Maria Valtorta " ( the website in question being one with the title "— A Contemporary Mystic — acclaimed one of the greatest: Maria Valtorta and her masterwork: The Poem of the Man-God " and in another letter stated that The Poem of the Man-God is, with the other writings of Valtorta, " in perfect consonance with the canonical Gospels, with the traditions and magisterium of the Catholic Church ".

The Church of God in Christ views its Presiding Bishop as the positional and functional leader of the Church.

* Henochisme ; or a Treatise showing how to walk with God ( 1639 ), translated from Bishop Hall's Latin by Moses Wall

A BBC Radio English-language radio dramatization of The Little World of Don Camillo was broadcast in 2001 starring Alun Armstrong as Don Camillo, John Moffatt as the Bishop, Shaun Prendergast as Peppone and Joss Ackland as God, and rebroadcast in July 2010 on BBC Radio 7.

Ian Hogg replaced Armstrong as Don Camillo, while Prendergast, Ackland and Moffatt all continued to reprise their roles as Peppone, God and the Bishop respectively.

First the Cardinal Bishop of Albano said: God, who are present without distinction whenever the devout mind invokes you, be present, we ask you, we and this your servant, __, who to the summit of the apostolic community has been chosen as the judge of your people, infuse with the highest blessings that he experience your gift who has reached this point.

Then the Cardinal Bishop of Porto said: We supplicate you, Almighty God, effect your customary devotion and pour out on this your servant, __, the grace of the Holy Spirit that he who is constituted at the head of our church as the servant of the mystery, you would strengthen with the fullness of virtue.

Finally the Cardinal Bishop of Ostia said: God, who willed your Apostle Peter to hold first place in the inner fellowship of the apostles, that universal Christianity overcome evil, look propitiously we ask on this your servant, __, who from a humble position has suddenly been been enthroned with the apostles on this same principal sublimity, that just as he has been raised to this exalted dignity, so may he likewise merit to accumulate virtue ; in bearing the burden of the universal church, help him, make him worthy and for thee who are blessed may merits replace vices.

Today, the bull is the only written communication in which the Pope will refer to himself as episcopus servus servorum Dei, meaning " Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God.