Bishop definition

Bishop means the Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Leeds in which the Academy Trust Company is situated (as defined in Canon law) and includes any person exercising Ordinary jurisdiction in his name (including Vicars General and Episcopal Vicars) and any person delegated by him, including officers of the Diocese;
Bishop means the Lord Bishop of the Isle (the Bishop of Sodor and Man);
Bishop means the Bishop of the Diocese or the Bishop’s Commissary if the Bishop be absent from the State or the Administrator of the Diocese if the See be vacant.

Examples of Bishop in a sentence

  • A Church Representative/Religious or Clergy reference is defined as a Parish Priest, Bishop or member of a religious order.

  • Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, 157 Short Street, Suite 6, Bishop, CA 93514-3537.

  • Special assistance requests should be made to Janet Bishop, Clerk to Council, at 843-398-4100 seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting.

  • Council voted on the motion as follows: Bishop – Aye; Hicks – Aye; Huppert – Aye; Sachs – Aye; Showalter – Aye; Stipes – Aye.

  • In early 1873, Bishop McTyeire traveled to New York to seek medical care, and the Vanderbilts offered their hospitality for his convalescence.


More Definitions of Bishop

Bishop means the person holding the office of Bishop of the Diocese;
Bishop means the Bishop of the Diocese;
Bishop s mission order" means an order under paragraph 2; "the diocese" means the diocese of Sodor and Man;
Bishop means the Diocesan Bishop.
Bishop means the Bishop of the Diocese of California.
Bishop means persons who are ordained according to the Ordination Liturgy of Bishops in ‘A New Zealand Prayer Book - He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa’ or consecrated according to the Form and Manner of Consecrating Bishops in the Book of Common Prayer 1662, or the 1980 Ordinal, or persons who have been ordained or consecrated Bishop in other Provinces of the Anglican Communion and who are exercising episcopal ministry within this Church;
Bishop means the Bishop of the Diocese for the time being who is by virtue of the constitution of the Province of South Australia the Metropolitan Bishop of the Province and is styled the Archbishop of Adelaide. Except for the purposes of Chapters I and II and sections 17, 18, 19, 20 and 30 and the definitions of "Archdeacon", "Archdeacon of Adelaide", and "Dean", the expression shall include the Administrator during any incapacity or absence from the Diocese of the Bishop or during any vacancy of the See;