Leaders of individual states and regions are Administrative Bishops, who have jurisdiction over local churches in their respective states and are vested with appointment authority for local pastorates.

The General Synod and the College of Bishops of Chung Hwa Sheng Kung Hui planned to publish a unified version for the use of all Anglican churches in China in 1949, which was the 400th anniversary of the first publishing of the Book of Common Prayer.

Bishops are chosen from among priests in churches that adhere to Catholic usage.

Bishops and clergy were to receive state salaries, and the government would pay for the building and maintenance of churches.

So great was his reputation with the Holy See that he "... was allowed by the Roman Pontiff to appoint Bishops and Abbots from among his brethren in whatever churches or monasteries he desired, of those that had lost their patron ".

However, Stein was not safe in the Netherlands — the Dutch Bishops ' Conference had a public statement read in all the churches of the country on July 20, 1942, condemning Nazi racism.

Bishops of other sui juris churches and papal nuncios are not members of episcopal conferences by law, though the conference itself may invite them in an advisory or voting capacity ( can.

Its ministry consists of establishing ministries and churches, examining candidates for ordination through a College of Bishops as well as an ordination council, and aiding the local churches in cooperative fellowship.

Chinese house churches (, also known as 地下教會 dìxià jiàohuì and 地下天國 dìxià tiānguó ) are a religious movement of unregistered assemblies of Christians in the People's Republic of China, which operate independently of the government-run Three-Self Patriotic Movement ( TSPM ) and China Christian Council ( CCC ) for Protestant groups and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association ( CCPA ) and the Chinese Catholic Bishops Council ( CCBC ) for Catholics.

It is supported by the members of the local churches in Bishops Stortford, the local council, and the Hertfordshire police force.

Local churches are not self-governed and pastors respond to two higher authorities described above: ( 1 ) Elders, sector leaders with advisory roles, and ( 2 ) District Bishops.

In a further highly significant gesture, Pope Benedict XVI invited three CPCA-appointed bishops, together along with one " underground " bishop, to the October 2005 assembly of the Synod of Bishops as full members, not as " fraternal delegates ", the term used for representatives of non-Catholic churches invited to attend.

The PNCC continued to refuse full communion with those churches that ordained women ; thus, in 2003 the International Old Catholic Bishops ' Conference expelled the PNCC from the Utrecht Union, determining that " full communion, as determined in the statute of the IBC, could not be restored and that therefore, as a consequence, the separation of our Churches follows.

The council of 553 inaugurated the Schism of the Three Chapters, that for a century and more separated many churches of northern Italy from the Holy See ; in it the Bishops of Venetia, Istria, and Liguria refused to accept the decrees of the Second Council of Constantinople ( the 5th General Council, 553 AD ), on the plea that by the condemnation of the Three Chapters it had undone the work of the Council of Chalcedon of 451.

By 1300 the Bishops of Dunkeld administered a diocese comprising sixty parish churches, a number of them oddly scattered within the sees of St Andrews and Dunblane.

In his capacity as both representative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and consultant to the religious affairs section of the Allied High Commission, he helped draft and promote the 1943 Declaration on World Peace, an interfaith statement of principles for post-war reconstruction, and successfully recommended a close constitutional arrangement between the restored German state and the Church, including the dispersal of state-collected taxes to German churches.

Chinese house churches are a religious movement of unregistered assemblies of Christians in the People's Republic of China, which operate independently of the government-run Three-Self Patriotic Movement ( TSPM ) and China Christian Council ( CCC ) for Protestant groups and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association ( CCPA ) and the Chinese Catholic Bishops Council ( CCBC ) for Catholics.

Supporters of each group argued that the other should be disqualified: the advocates of the younger monks claimed that the bishops were wedded to their dioceses for life and that their election to the patriarchate would lead to an unnatural divorce of bishop and diocese, while the bishops ' partisans countered that a bishop might continue to provide diocesan pastoral care from the apostolic throne, while observing that the pastoral experience of the more seasoned bishops would be indispensable to the patriarchate of the entire church ; they further noted that the patriarchs of every other apostolic church, such as those of the Greek, Russian and Catholic churches, were nearly always Bishops or Abbots prior to election.

The remainder of the ancient parish is now a single ecclesiastical parish, served by the two churches of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood, and St John the Evangelist, Bishops Wood.

He lays great stress on the important position of Milan as a northern metropolis, and on the intercourse with the East by way of Aquileia and Illyria, as well as on the eastern nationality of many of the Bishops of Milan.

Eastgate originally marked the eastern border of the private hunting park of the Prince Bishops of Durham.

Bishops participating in councils held at Antioch in the middle of the 3rd century came not only from Syria, but also from Palestine, Arabia, and eastern Asia Minor.

In 1852, Bishops Wood, to the west, was given its own chapelry, followed by the eastern hamlet of Coven in 1858.

* Council of Epaone: Bishops of southern Gaul convene near Epao ( present Anneyron ) in Burgundy.

In the southern province, the Bishops of Ebbsfleet and of Richborough each minister in 13 of the 30 dioceses.

While the " Thục line " is lengthy and complex, reportedly comprising 200 or more individuals, the sedevacantist community generally accepts and respects most of the 12 or so bishops following from the three or four final consecrations that the Archbishop performed ( those of Bishops Guerard des Lauriers, Carmona, Zamora and Datessen ).

* Bishops whose orders are generally regarded as invalid through lack of proper lineage.

This makes them an easy target for enemy sword-users who are generally faster and more accurate than Warriors ( not to mention that the weapon triangle used in the Fire Emblem series gives sword-users an inherent advantage vs. axe-users ) as well as magic-users such as Sages or Bishops who tend to have high evade ratings.

The Bishops of Warmia generally defended their privileges and tried to put down all attempts to cut the prerogatives and the autonomy the bishopric enjoyed.

Because of its association with the supposed position of Peter among the Apostles, the function that within the Roman Catholic Church is exercised by the Bishop of Rome among the Bishops as a whole is referred to as the Petrine function, and is generally believed to be of divine institution, in the sense that the historical and sociological factors that influenced its development are seen as guided by the Holy Spirit.

Bishops generally use a green hat with green cords and six green tassels on each side, archbishops have likewise a green hat with green cords and ten green tassels on each side, and cardinals have a red hat with red cords and fifteen red tassels on each side.

Because of the huge responsibility that is the burden of the Order of Bishops ( that of financial administration ), it is also, by necessity, generally not viewed as being lesser to the Quorum of High Priests.

Until his 80th birthday, when all Cardinals and Bishops generally automatically lose their posts and Curial memberships, he was a member of the following dicasteries of the Roman Curia:

In fact, the 69-page document was sent to " all Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops and other Local Ordinaries, including those of Eastern Rite " and was to be found, even if after forty years it was generally forgotten, among the papers in their successors ' offices.

Through his simple message Cyril became recognized as one of the most profound and admired Bishops in church history, which ultimately led to his canonization by the Christian church.

Except for some brief periods when he was a prisoner at large, Feckenham spent the rest of his life in confinement either in some recognized prison, or in the keeping of the Bishops of Winchester and Ely.

On May 19, 2003, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church recognized Bishop Nikolaj ( Velimirović ) of Ohrid and Žiča as a saint and decided to include him into the calendar of saints of Holy Orthodox Church ( March 18 and May 13 ).

The Council, using this model, recognized in its document Lumen Gentium that the Body of Christ subsists in a visible society governed by the Successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him, although many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside of its visible structure.

Bishops form the leadership in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran Church, the Independent Catholic Churches, the Independent Anglican Churches, and certain other, smaller, denominations.

The collegial expression of episcopal leadership in the United Methodist Church is known as the Council of Bishops.

The Council of Bishops speaks to the Church and through the Church into the world and gives leadership in the quest for Christian unity and interreligious relationships.

According to the Book of Discipline 2000, " The Church expects the Council of Bishops to speak to the Church and from the Church to the world, and to give leadership in the quest for Christian unity and interreligious relationships.

The Catholic Church in Canada is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the Canadian Bishops Conference.

The Catholic Church in Nigeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria.

They were engaged in trade and settled down in Kodungallur. Another immigration from Persia occurred around 825 under the leadership of Persian merchant Marwan Sabriso, with two Bishops, Mar Sapro and Mar Prodh.

The Council of Missionary Bishops assisted the vicar in ecclesiastical leadership.

It is also customary for the Archbishop of Westminster to be elected President of the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of England and Wales, but this is the only formal role of leadership he has over the other English bishops.

The leadership of the PAW consists of a Presiding Bishop and a Board of Bishops.

Bishops Murphy and Rogers provided leadership to the conservative Anglican Mission in America, in which Allison, although remaining a member of the Episcopal Church, has also been active.

The Catholic Church in Ireland, with its primatial seat in Armagh, ministers to Catholics in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the Roman Curia, and the Irish Catholic Bishops ' Conference.