| In 1550 the bishopric of Gloucester fell vacant and Hooper seemed an ideal candidate. |
| The noose became even tighter when the bishopric of Prague was subordinated to the German archbishopric of Mainz. |
| Of course, Tyringham did receive a number of visits a year from the ministry of the Shaker bishopric to which it belonged. |
| The Domenican prelate had reluctantly accepted the papal tiara in 1724, leaving with great regret his bishopric in Benevento. |
| Perhaps a rule could be made that would preclude immediate election to a bishopric from a curial position. |
| Manning began the attack on Russell, calling on all the churches in his bishopric to rouse their parishioners in opposition. |
