* With reference to Gibbon's comments, Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( late 19th century theologian and former Bishop of Durham ) pointed out that Eusebius ' statements indicate his honesty in stating what he was not going to discuss, and also his limitations as a historian in not including such material.

In the area of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Joseph René Vilatte began working with Catholics of Belgian ancestry and with the knowledge and blessing of the Union of Utrecht and under the full jurisdiction of the local Episcopal Bishop of Fond du Lac, WI — See C. B.

The two candidates for the see were Cardinal William Egon of Fürstenberg, then Bishop of Strasbourg, and Joseph Clement, a brother of Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.

Of those who took part in the council's opening session, four have become pontiffs to date: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, who on succeeding Pope John XXIII took the name of Paul VI ; Bishop Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I ; Bishop Karol Wojtyła, who became Pope John Paul II ; and Father Joseph Ratzinger, present as a theological consultant, who became Pope Benedict XVI.

As late as 1919, when Roosevelt was working with Joseph Bucklin Bishop on a biography that included a collection of his letters, Roosevelt did not mention either his first or second marriage, which took place in London.

His close associate, friend and biographer, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, described Roosevelt's assault on the spoils system:

There were many new popular additions to the X-Men including Cable, Bishop, and Gambit — who became one of the most popular X-Men ( rivaling even Wolverine in size of fanbase ), but many of the later additions to the team came and went ( Joseph, Maggott, Marrow, Cecilia Reyes, and a new Thunderbird ).

* January 13 – Joseph Cardinal Zen, Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong

* September 8 – Joseph Hall ( English Bishop and satirist ), English bishop and writer ( b. 1574 )

* Joseph O ' Conor as Bishop Fisher

His uncle Joseph Clemens, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne, saw to it that Clemens August received several appointments in Altötting, the Diocese of Regensburg, and at the Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden, and he soon received papal confirmation as Bishop of Regensburg, and later of Cologne.

Former Poets: Kay Ryan, Charles Simic, Ted Kooser, Louise Glück, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, Karl Shapiro, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wilbur, Joseph Brodsky, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Hass, Donald Hall, Robert Pinsky ( three terms ), Mark Strand, Audre Lorde, and Maxine Kumin, among others.

The earliest Europeans to explore Ashe County were Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg-head of the Moravian Church in America-and his associates, Timothy Horsefield, Joseph Mueller, Henry Antes, Johan Merck, and Herman Loesch.

Theophrastus has found many imitators in this kind of writing, notably Joseph Hall ( 1608 ), Sir Thomas Overbury ( 1614 – 16 ), Bishop Earle ( 1628 ), and Jean de La Bruyère ( 1688 ), who also translated the Characters.

* Joseph Lawson Howze, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Biloxi from 1977 to 2001.

Joseph Udall served in the Apache County Board of Supervisors for nearly 20 years, and eventually the chairman of the board of supervisors, as well as Bishop of the Eagar Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( Mormons ).

The property was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing, and became the home of its first Bishop, the Most Reverend Joseph H. Albers as his private residence.

As of November 1, 2009, the supervisor of Bunker Hill Township was Joseph L. Bishop.

* Joseph Francis Busch ( 1866 – 1953 ), Roman Catholic Bishop

The remaining two Salish men secured a visit with St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati who assured them that missionaries would be sent to the Bitter Root Valley when funds and missionaries were available in the future.

According to Joshua Coffin, the early settlers included " Captain John Pike, the ancestor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who was killed at the battle of Queenstown in 1813 ; Thomas Bloomfield, the ancestor of Joseph Bloomfield, some years governor of New Jersey, for whom the township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named ; John Bishop, senior and junior ; Jonathan Haynes ; Henry Jaques ; George March ; Stephen Kent ; Abraham Toppan, junior ; Elisha Ilsley ; Hugh March ; John Bloomfield ; Samuel Moore ; Nathaniel Webster ; John Ilsley ; and others.

Joseph Crane Hartzell – Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

* Joseph Bambera, current Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton

An effort was made yesterday in the Lackawanna courts to have the license of a successful applicant transferred to Wilkes, but it seems the latter ’ s bad reputation has followed him from Plymouth to Scranton, for the transfer was opposed by Joseph O ’ Brien, Esq., who was supposed to represent Bishop O ’ Hara in the case although the identity of his client was not made known.

Chief Secretary Rafael Hui openly criticised pro-democracy Martin Lee and Bishop Zen for blocking the proposed changes.

Outspoken Catholic Bishop Joseph Cardinal Zen has been a key figure in the debate over the legislation: on 15 May 2003 he instructed his church members to resist the introduction of the legislation.

Louis Ha Ke-loon said it shows that even the Pope feels that Bishop Zen should speak out.

Bishop Wei Jingyi of Qiqihar, who is not recognized by the Chinese government, said that it is a " great joy ", and that Bishop Zen is " very trustworthy " and uncompromising in his dedication to the Catholic faith.

Joseph Lee, Parish Priest of St. Anthony's Church, who, similar to Zen, was born and educated in Shanghai and is a Salesian, said in a television programme that " 99 % of Catholics disagree with the Bishop ," while according to a survey more than 60 % of Catholics agree with the Bishop.

* Bishop Zen supports referendum for full democracy

* Bishop Joseph Zen Talkasia Transcript

* Police send letter to Pope complaining about Bishop Zen who makes light of it

On 5 June 2005, Bishop Zen announced that, if the Legislative Council pass the donation to support schools to create incorporated management committees on 8 July 2005, he would appeal against the decision to the court.

On 22 February 2006, Pope Benedict XVI announced that Bishop Joseph Zen would be raised to the College of Cardinals.

* Joseph Cardinal Zen, former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong

Ha, representing the Anglican Church, joined the outspoken Bishop Zen Ze-kiun of the Catholic Church in opposing the School-Based Management Policy reforms, including threatening to take legal actions to deter the government ’ s initiatives.

Cardinal Joseph Zen, the immediate past Bishop of Hong Kong, was outspoken about religious freedom and human rights in China.

Later in the 6th century, the Bishop Saint Gregory of Tours wrote his Chronicles about the Merovingian rulers, were appeared a Legend of the King Clovis I who prayed to Christ in one of his campaigns so he could find a place to cross the river Vienne.

Swift, in the Dublin edition of A Preface to the Bishop of Sarum's Introduction, indicated his feelings by including Molesworth, along with Toland, Tindal, and Collins, in the group of those who, like Burnet, are engaged in attacking all Convocations of the clergy.

In spite of the armistice negotiated by Amadee two years earlier, the war between Bishop Guillaume of Lausanne and Louis of Savoy was still going on, and although little is known about it, that little proves that it was yet another phase of the struggle against French expansion and was closely interwoven with the larger conflict.

It is during this period that Bishop Asser applied to him the unique title of " secundarius ", which may indicate a position akin to that of the Celtic tanist, a recognised successor closely associated with the reigning monarch.

The translation was undertaken at Alfred's command by Werferth, Bishop of Worcester, with the king merely furnishing a preface.

Andrew also went on conspiring with some prelates against his brother, but King Emeric was informed as to Andrew's plans and he personally arrested Bishop Boleszlo of Vác, one of Andrew's main supporters, and he also deprived his brother's followers ( e. g., Palatine Mog ) of their privileges.

Absalon, with only Bishop Sweyn of Aarhus, and twelve " housecarls " thereupon disembarked, passed between a double row of Wendish warriors, 6000 strong, along the narrow path winding among the morasses, to the gates of the fortress, and, proceeding to the temple of the seven-headed god Rugievit, caused the idol to be hewn down, dragged forth and burnt.

The Bishop of London — the most senior cleric of the church with the exception of the two archbishops — serves as Canterbury's provincial dean, the Bishop of Winchester as chancellor, the Bishop of Lincoln as vice-chancellor, the Bishop of Salisbury as precentor, the Bishop of Worcester as chaplain and the Bishop of Rochester as cross-bearer.

* Two further suffragans, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet and the Bishop of Richborough, are provincial episcopal visitors for the whole Province of Canterbury, licensed by the archbishop as " flying bishops " to visit parishes throughout the province who are uncomfortable with the ministrations of their local bishop who has participated in the ordination of women.

In Bede's thirtieth year ( about 702 ) Bede became a priest, with the ordination again performed by Bishop John.

Bede acknowledged his correspondents in the preface to the Historia Ecclesiastica ; he was in contact with Daniel, the Bishop of Winchester, for information about the history of the church in Wessex, and also wrote to the monastery at Lastingham for information about Cedd and Chad.

; Presiding Bishop or President Bishop: These titles are often used for the head of a national Anglican church, but the title is not usually associated with a particular episcopal see like the title of a primate.

Since the implementation of concordats between the ELCA and the Episcopal Church of the United States and the ELCIC and the Anglican Church of Canada, all bishops, including the Presiding Bishop ( ELCA ) or the National Bishop ( ELCIC ), have been consecrated using the historic succession, with at least one Anglican bishop serving as co-consecrator.

The title is sometimes used in conjunction with the previous thus becoming General ( District ) Superintendent / Bishop.

** The Book of Joshua, Douay Rheims Bible Version with annotations By Bishop Challoner

Bishop Wigers ( 1138 – 60 ) was the first of a series of bishops of the Premonstratensian Order, which chose the occupants of the see until 1447 ; in that year a bull of Nicholas V gave the right of nomination to the elector of Brandenburg, with whom the bishops stood in a close feudal relation.

On Elizabeth's death in 1603, the 1559 book, substantially that of 1552 which had been regarded as offensive by the likes of Bishop Stephen Gardiner as being a break with the tradition of the Western church, had come to be regarded in some quarters as unduly Catholic.

The Catholic Church comprises those particular churches, headed by bishops, in communion with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, as its highest authority in matters of faith, morality and Church governance.