of the bishops meeting together in council, and also the apostolic succession bishops such as those ..., receives his special role among the world s Bishops to bring them together in unity, especially ... of bishops is a more common means of guiding the Church in difficult times. Category Catholic theology ... more details
clergy, including bishops, in the life of the church reflects broader issues, both socially ... and gays and lesbians, that bishops and other clergy have begun coming out . However, the controversial ... deep opposition in some congregations to the idea of gay pastors and bishops serving openly ... cases of other openly gay Anglican bishops, however. For instance, Episcopal bishop Otis Charles came ... Caf , 2007 09 07, http www.episcopalcafe.com lead bishops another gay bishop 1.html Another Gay bishop ... gay bishops in July 2010 following widespread media reports that he was the Crown Nomination Commission ... for homosexual priests and bishops to come out and be truthful to themselves and others. fact date ... http www.episcopalchurch.org ens GC2000 072.html Bishops follow deputies in dropping last ... Liberal Catholic Old Catholic Church Int. DEFAULTSORT Gay Bishops Category Bishops by type Category Homosexuality and Christianity Bishops, gay Category Homosexuality and Catholicism ... more details
of the Catholic bishops to gain distance from the Communists who ruled the country. Among ... II in 1978. The letter was answered by bishops of both of the then two Germanys together. Reaction ...? Polish German Reconciliation and the Bishops Letter of 1965 . East European Politics & Societies 23 ... more details
Bishops of Tongeren Maastricht Li ge, 315 971 Maternus of Cologne St. Maternus of Tongeren ? c.315 Saint Servatius 342 384 Falco of Maastricht Falco c.498 c.512 Domitian of Huy Domitian ? 560 Saint Monulphus 549 588 , probably moved the see to Maastricht Saint Gondulphus 589 614 Saint Ebregise 614 627 Saint John I Agnus 627 647 Saint Amand 647 650 Saint Remaclus 652 662 Theodard of Maastricht Saint Theodard 662 669 Saint Lambert , patron saint of the diocese 669 705 or later Saint Hubert , patron saint of the city 705 or before 727 Floribert of Li ge 727 736 or 738 Fulcaire 736 or 738 769 Agilfride 769 787 Gerbert or Gerbald 787 809 Walcaud 809 831 Erard 831 838 or 840 Hartgard 838 or 840 857 Franco 858 901 Stephen of Li ge Stephen 901 920 Richer 920 945 Hugh I 945 947 Farabert 947 953 Rathier 953 955 Baldrick I 955 959 Eraclus Eraclius, Evraclus 959 971 Prince bishops of Li ge, 972 1794 Notker of Li ge Notger 972 1008 founder of the Principality of Li ge Baldrick II 1008 1018 Wolbodo 1018 1021 Durandus of Li ge Durandus 1021 1025 Reginard 1025 1037 Nithard 1037 1042 Wazo 1042 1048 Theodwin Bishop of Li ge Theodwin 1048 1075 Henry of Verdun 1075 1091 Otbert of Li ge Otbert 1091 1119 Frederick of Liege Frederick of Namur 1119 1121 Albero I of Leuven 1122 1128 Alexander of Juliers Alexander I 1128 1135 Albero II of Chiny Namur 1135 1145 Henry II of Leez 1145 1164 Alexander II 1164 1167 Rudolf of Z hringen 1167 1191 St. Albert Cardinal of Liege Saint Albert of Leuven 1191 1192 Lothaire of Hochstaden 1192 1193 Simon of Limbourg 1193 1195 Albert of Cuyck 1195 1200 Hugh of Pierrepont 1200 1229 John of Eppes 1229 1238 William of Savoy 1238 1239 Robert of Thourotte 1240 1246 Henry of Guelders 1247 1274 John of Enghien 1274 1281 John of Flanders 1282 1291 Hugh of Chalon bishop Hugh ... Marie de M an 18 August 1792 20 July 1794 Bishops of Li ge, 1802 present Jean vang liste Z pfel 1802 ... See also Prince Bishopric of Li ge Category Bishops of Li ge Category Lists of bishops Liege de ... more details
s Wappenbuch The following persons were Bishops of the Diocese of Oldenburg or L beck until 1180 , Prince Bishops of the diocese of L beck and the Prince Bishopric of L beck 1180 1535 , Lutheran ... power as Prince Bishops and not all were papally confirmed as bishops. In 1180 part of the L beck ... See. Papally confirmed bishops were then invested by the emperor with the princely regalia , thus .... Catholic Bishops of Oldenburg Aldinborg Starigard till 1160 br style clear both class wikitable toptextcells class hintergrundfarbe5 Bishops Life Reign Notes Image Coat of arms colspan 6 align center Bishops of Oldenburg Aldinborg Starigard Mareus align right align right 952 968 align left also ... s Cathedral in Oldenburg. In 1160 the see moved to L beck align left align left Catholic Bishops of L beck 1160 1180 br style clear both class wikitable toptextcells class hintergrundfarbe5 Bishops Life Reign Notes Image Coat of arms colspan 6 align center Bishops of L beck Gerald of Oldenburg L beck ... Catholic Prince Bishops of L beck 1180 1535 br style clear both class wikitable toptextcells colspan 6 align center Catholic Prince Bishops of L beck 1180 1535 class hintergrundfarbe5 Prince Bishops ... Prince Bishops of L beck 1535 1586 br style clear both class wikitable toptextcells colspan 6 align center Catholic and Lutheran Prince Bishops of L beck 1535 1586 class hintergrundfarbe5 Prince Bishops Life Reign Notes Image Coat of arms Detlev von Reventlow align right b. ca. 1485 align ... Lutheran State Church of Eutin . ref class hintergrundfarbe5 Land Provosts Bishops Life Term Notes ... Lutheran Church Bishops of the Holstein L beck district Sprengel Holstein L beck 1977 2008 Bishop ... , Leipzig 1877 Notes references Commons category Bishops of L beck Category Bishops of L beck List Category History of L beck Bishops Category History of Schleswig Holstein Bishops Category Lists of bishops Lubeck Category German Lutheran bishops Lubeck Category German Roman Catholic bishops ... more details
unreferenced date September 2011 This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Schwerin lang de Bistum Schwerin , a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bremen , who were simultaneously rulers ... was the seat of the Cathedral chapter chapter , Schwerin Cathedral and residence of the bishops ... Cathedral Cathedral of Ss. Mary and John the Baptist , church of the bishops in Schwerin, view ... Bishops and not all were papally confirmed as bishops. In 1180 part of the Schwerin diocesan territory ... bishops were then invested by the emperor with the princely regalia , thus the title prince ... to as Prince Bishop . Catholic Bishops of Mecklenburg and Schwerin 1053 1181 width 100 class wikitable colspan 6 bgcolor orange align center span style font family Verdana color red Catholic Bishops ... Prince Bishops 1181 1474 width 100 class wikitable colspan 6 bgcolor orange align center span style font family Verdana color red Roman Catholic Prince Bishops of Schwerin 1181 1474 span Reign and episcopate ... center Catholic Administrators and Prince bishops 1474 1532 width 100 class wikitable colspan 6 ... Bishops 1474 1532 span Reign and episcopate Portrait Name Birth and death br with places Reason ... List of the bishops of Schleswig Lutheran bishops and superintendents Lutheran Bishop of Schleswig ... Bishops of Mecklenburg since 1921 File Bundesarchiv Bild 183 63766 0008, Schwerin, Dom.jpg thumb ... churches merged into the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg . Bishops of Mecklenburg ... bishops in Schwerin since 1946 File Schwerin Propsteikirche Strasse.jpg thumb right Provostry Church ..., 1984. de icon Notes references Category Bishops of Schwerin List Category German Roman Catholic bishops Schwerin Category Prince Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire Schwerin Category Germany related lists Schwerin, Prince Bishopric of Category Lists of bishops Schwerin, Prince Bishopric of Category Roman Catholic bishops by diocese Schwerin, Prince Bishopric of de Liste der Bisch fe von Schwerin ... more details
This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Minden lang de Bistum Minden , a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne Archdiocese of Cologne , who were simultaneously rulers of princely rank prince bishop in the Prince Bishopric of Minden lang de Hochstift Minden est. 1180 and secularised in 1648 , a state of imperial immediacy within the Holy Roman Empire . Minden was the seat of the Cathedral chapter chapter , the cathedral and residence of the bishops until 1305, Petershagen became the prince episcopal residence since. File Wappen Bistum Minden.png thumb right Coat of arms of the Prince Bishopric of Minden Titles of the incumbents of the Minden See Not all incumbents of the Minden See were imperially invested princely power as Prince Bishops and not all were papally confirmed as bishops. In 1180 part of the Minden diocesan territory were disentangled from the Duchy of Saxony and became an own territory of imperial immediacy called Prince Bishopric of Minden , a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire. The prince bishopric was an elective monarchy , with the monarch being the respective bishop usually elected by the Minden Cathedral Cathedral chapter chapter ... bishops were then invested by the emperor with the princely regalia , thus the title prince bishop ... to as Prince Bishop . Catholic Bishops of Minden till 1180 width 100 class wikitable colspan 6 bgcolor red align center span style font family Verdana color white Roman Catholic Bishops of Minden till ... align center unknown 1185 align center death align center Catholic Prince Bishops 1180 1554 width ... Roman Catholic Prince Bishops of Minden 1180 1554 span Reign and episcopate Portrait Name Birth and death ... de icon Notes references Category Bishops of Minden List Category German Roman Catholic bishops Minden Category Prince Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire Minden Category Germany related lists Minden, Prince Bishopric of Category Lists of bishops Minden Category Roman Catholic bishops by diocese ... more details
Use dmy dates date September 2011 This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Verden lang de link no Bistum Verden , a suffragan of the Diocese of Mainz Archbishopric of Mentz , who were simultaneously rulers of princely rank prince bishop in the Prince Bishopric of Verden lang de link no Hochstift Verden est. 1180 and secularised in 1648 , a state of imperial immediacy within the Holy Roman Empire . Verden an der Aller Verden upon Aller was the seat of the Cathedral chapter chapter , the cathedral and residence of the bishops until 1195, Rotenburg W mme Rotenburg upon W mme became the prince episcopal residence since. File Verden bistum.PNG thumb right Coat of arms of the Prince ... See were imperially invested princely power as Prince Bishops and not all were papally confirmed as bishops. In 1180 part of the Verden diocesan territory were disentangled from the Duchy of Saxony ... See , or exceptionally only appointed by the Holy See. Papally confirmed bishops were then invested ... were Lutherans. Catholic Bishops of Verden till 1180 width 100 class wikitable colspan 6 bgcolor black align center span style font family Verdana color white Roman Catholic Bishops of Verden till ... Bishops 1180 1566 width 100 class wikitable colspan 6 bgcolor black align center span style font family Verdana color white Roman Catholic Prince Bishops of Verden 1180 1566 span Reign and episcopate ... and Freising Prince bishops of Freising Prince Bishop of Freising in 1341 as John II align center ... invested List of Bishops, Prince Bishops and Administrators of L beck Prince Bishop of L beck ... 3 931879 03 7 Notes references Category Bishops of Verden List Category German Roman Catholic bishops Verden Category Prince Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire Verden Category Elbe Weser Triangle Verden Category Germany related lists Verden, Prince Bishopric of Category Lists of bishops Verden, Prince Bishopric of Category Roman Catholic bishops by diocese Verden, Prince Bishopric of de Liste der Bisch fe ... more details
The Bishops Conference of Yugoslavia was an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church covering the territory of Yugoslavia . The first such bishops conference was held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in November of 1918. The last conference was held in 1993 when the Croatian Bishops Conference was established. Succcessors Bishops Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian Bishops Conference Slovenian Bishops Conference International Bishops Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius Category Bishops conferences Yu Category Religion in Yugoslavia Category 1918 establishments Category 1993 disestablishments ... more details
This is a directory of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops across various Christian denominations. To find an individual who was a bishop, see the most relevant article linked below or Category Bishops . Lists List of popes Lists of patriarchs List of current patriarchs List of living cardinals List of Roman Catholic cardinals sortable by name, country, and birthdate List of Roman Catholic bishops List of oldest Catholic bishops 100 oldest bishops, including cardinals Bishop Catholic Church Catholic Church hierarchy List of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Roman Catholic bishops ... Primates List of bishops of the Church of England List of Episcopal bishops U.S. List of presiding bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria List of primates of the Orthodox Church in America List of American Orthodox bishops List of Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow List of bishops and archbishops of Novgorod List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses List of bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church List of bishops of the United Methodist Church Charismatic Episcopal Church bishops List of Charismatic Episcopal Church bishops List of bishops and prince bishops of Li ge List of Bishops of Durham List of bishops of Edessa Mariavite Bishops See also Patriarch Cardinal Catholicism ... links http www.gcatholic.com hierarchy prelates.htm All Catholic bishops, archbishops, patriarchs ... bishops and their apostolic succession Catholic Hierarchy http www.independentmovement.us Independent Movement Database Database of Independent Bishops and Priest http www.ind movement.org The World of Autocephalous Churches http archives.umc.org interior.asp?ptid 1&mid 5855 The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church Category Bishops Category Lists of clerics Bishops Category Lists of bishops Category Lists of bishops and archbishops Category Lists of popes, primates, and patriarchs ... more details
The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario is the association of the Catholic bishops in the Province of Ontario in the service of Catholics of Ontario. It is involved in providing information about the moral positions of the Catholic Church in all aspects of public life. It works alongside the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on a regional level, while other bishops assemblies do similar work in other parts of Canada. External links http www.occb.on.ca Official website catholicism stub Category Roman Catholic Church in Canada Category Roman Catholic Church in Ontario ... more details
List of Bishop of Rangoon Bishops of Rangoon . Bishops Jonathan Holt Titcomb 1877&ndash 1882 John Miller Strachan 1882&ndash 1903 Arthur Mesac Knight 1903&ndash 1909 Rolleston Sterritt Fyffe 1910&ndash 1928 Norman Henry Tubbs 1928&ndash 1934 George Algernon West 1835&ndash 1954 Victor George Shearburn 1955&ndash 1966 Francis Ah Mya 1966&ndash 1970 In 1966 all foreign missionaries were ejected from Burma. In 1970, the then Bishop of Rangoon Francis Ah Mya broke the Church of Burma away from the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon and became Archbishop of Rangoon . Category Bishops of Rangoon Category Lists of Anglican bishops and archbishops Rangoon Category Burma related lists Bishops of Rangoon ... more details
Infobox Organization name Bishops Conference of Scotland image Bishopsconferenceofscotland.jpg image border size 300px caption Back Philip Tataglia, Peter Moran, John Cunningham, Ian Murray, Vincent Logan br Front Joseph Devine, Keith O Brien, Mario Conti map msize mcaption abbreviation BCOS motto formation extinction type Religious Body status Civil nonprofit purpose To support the ministry of bishops headquarters Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Airdrie location Scotland region served membership Active and retired Catholic bishops of Scotland language leader title President leader name Cardinal Keith O Brien main organ Conference parent organization affiliations Council of European Bishops Conferences, Commission of Bishops Conferences of the European Union, Catholic Bishops Bioethics Committee, Action of Churches Together in Scotland, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland num staff 300 num volunteers budget website http www.bpsconfscot.com remarks The Bishops Conference of Scotland BCOS is an episcopal conference for Roman Catholic Bishop Catholic Church bishops in Scotland and is based in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Airdrie . The conference is primarily made up of the diocesan bishop presiding bishops of Scotland s eight diocese s as well as bishops who have Bishop Catholic Church Retired bishops retired . The As of 2008 alt current president of the conference is Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O Brien . The Conference is also a member of several international organisations including the Council of European Bishops Conferences and the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European ... other offices. Member Bishops Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh Keith Michael Patrick O ... Catholic Church in Scotland Religion in Scotland Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales ... 112.htm Bishops Conference of Scotland webpage . GCatholic.com website Scotland topics Category Bishops conferences Scotland Category Roman Catholic Church in Scotland Bishops Conference RC stub Scotland ... more details
The German Bishops Conference lang de Deutsche Bischofskonferenz is the episcopal conference of the Bishop Catholic Church bishops of the Roman Catholic term Roman Catholic Church Catholic diocese s in Germany . Members include diocesan bishop s, coadjutor s, auxiliary bishop s, and diocesan administrator s. The first meeting of the German bishops took place in W rzburg in 1848, and in 1867 the Fulda Conference of Bishops was established, which reorganized as German Bishops Conference in 1966. The annual conference of the German bishops still takes place in Fulda. After the construction of the Berlin Wall the ordinary ordinaries in the East German Democratic Republic GDR were inhibited to participate in the Fulda Conference of Bishops . In 1974 the GDR formally suggested talks with the Holy See . As one of the outcomes the Berlin Conference of Bishops was established for the East German ordinaries on 26 July 1976. The Diocese of Berlin, also comprising West Berlin , was thereafter represented in the German Bishops Conference and the Berlin Conference alike, in the former by its vicar general , in the latter by the bishop personally. The Catholic Church did not consider the Berlin Conference as a national Bishops Conference, since the Holy See officially conceived the East German ordinaries as part of the German Bishops Conference as papally confirmed by its statute on 26 September .... Chairmen Fulda Conference of Bishops till 1965 Johannes von Geissel , Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne ... 1920 1945 Josef Frings , Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne 1945 1965 German Bishops Conference since ... of Freiburg 18 February 2008 Chairmen of the Berlin Conference of Bishops 1976 1990 Alfred ... see Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Bishops & Archbishops Germany External links http ... http www.gcatholic.com dioceses conference 031.htm German Bishops Conference webpage . GCatholic.com website Dioceses in Germany Category Roman Catholic Church in Germany Category Bishops conferences ... more details
The 1971 Synod of Bishops was the second ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops general assembly in the history of the Synod of Bishops . Its agenda consisted of two subjects Ministerial Priesthood and Justice in the World . ref cite web url http www.osjspm.org majordoc justicia in mundo offical test.aspx title Justicia in Mundo Official Text work osjspm.org accessdate 31 May 2011 ref The synod supported Paul VI s stand on Clerical celibacy , with a sizable opposition. ref cite web url http www.infoplease.com ce6 people A0860266.html title Paul VI Papacy Infoplease.com work infoplease.com accessdate 31 May 2011 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20110604231837 http www.infoplease.com ce6 people A0860266.html archivedate 4 June 2011 DASHBot deadurl no ref References reflist Category 1971 Synod of Bishops Category Episcopacy in Roman Catholicism ... more details
The Croatian Bishops Conference lang hr Hrvatska biskupska konferencija is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Croatia . It is currently composed of fourteen Bishop Catholic Church bishops from all List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Croatia Croatian dioceses plus the Croatian military ordinary . It was established in 1993, after the Bishops Conference of Yugoslavia was disbanded, having existed since 1918. The president of the Conference is elected by the bishops for a five year term. Presidents Franjo Kuhari 1993 1997 Josip Bozani 1997 2007 Marin Sraki 2007 External links http www.hbk.hr Croatian Bishops Conference website Croatian language Croatian http www.gcatholic.com dioceses conference 048.htm Croatian Bishops Conference webpage . GCatholic.com website Category Bishops conferences Category Roman Catholic Church in Croatia Category Organizations based in Croatia Category Roman Catholic organizations established in the 20th century Category Religious organizations established in 1993 Category 1993 establishments in Croatia de Kroatische Bischofskonferenz hr Hrvatska biskupska konferencija ru sr uk ... more details
List of Roman Catholic bishop s and archbishop s of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bia ystok Roman Catholic Diocese and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bia ystok formed in 1945 1991 Image Bialystok Kosciol.jpg thumb 150px right Bia ystok Cathedral Apostolic administrator 1945 1991 class wikitable colspan 3 Apostolic administrator Romuald Ja brzykowski 1945 1955 archbishop of Wilno W adys aw Suszy ski 1955 1955 Adam Sawicki 1955 1968 Piotr Maziewski 1968 1970 Henryk Gulbinowicz 1970 1976 Edward Kisiel 1976 1991 Diocesan bishops 1991 1992 colspan 3 Edward Kisiel 1991 1992 Archbishops of Bia ystok 1992 colspan 3 Edward Kisiel 1992 1993 Stanis aw Szymecki 1993 2000 Wojciech Ziemba 2000 2006 Edward Ozorowski 2006 present References Commonscat Bishops of Bia ystok Piotr Nitecki, Biskupi Ko cio a w Polsce w latach 965 1999 , Warszawa 2000, ISBN 83 211 1311 7. DEFAULTSORT List Of Bishops And Archbishops Of Bialystok Category Bishops of Bia ystok Category Lists of bishops and archbishops Bialystok Category Poland related lists Bishops and archbishops of Bialystok be x old pl Biskupi bia ostoccy ru ... more details
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is the national episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic term Roman Catholic Church Catholic bishops of Australia. ref cite web url http www.catholic.org.au title Welcome publisher Catholic Church in Australia accessdate 31 October 2011 ref Organisation The president of the Conference is the Most Reverend Archbishop Philip Wilson archbishop Philip Wilson , Doctor of Divinity DD , Doctor of Letters D.Litt honoris causa who was elected to a two year term in 2006 and re elected to subsequent two year terms in 2008 and 2010. Archbishop Wilson occasionally makes statements on behalf of the Conference of Bishops. The Conference is served by a Secretariat, based in Canberra, under the management of Rev Brian Lucas . The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference meets at least annually. ref cite web url http www.catholic.org.au index.php?option com content&view article&id 1124&Itemid 296 title Australian Catholic Bishops Conference publisher Catholic Church in Australia accessdate 31 October 2011 ref See also Apostolic Nunciature to Australia Roman Catholicism in Australia References reflist Religion in Australia Oceania topic Roman Catholicism in Christianity in Australia Category Roman Catholic Church in Australia Category Roman Catholic Church in Oceania Australia Category Bishops conferences ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Bishops Head, Maryland settlement type Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline crocheron road.JPG imagesize image caption Looking towards Crocheron, Maryland on Crocheron road, in southern Bishops head on a high tide. September 2008 image flag image seal Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 Maryland subdivision type2 List of counties in Maryland County subdivision name2 Dorchester County, Maryland Dorchester government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date General information timezone utc offset timezone DST utc offset DST elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft 3 Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 21672 area code Area code 410 410 blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Bishops Head is a small remote unincorporated area unincorporated community in the crabbing country of Southern Dorchester County, Maryland , United States . ref http maryland.hometownlocator.com MD Dorchester Bishops Head.cfm hometownlocator.com ref The area is made up of small conifer woods and salt marsh . It is residential but has a low population. gallery Image Bishops head map.png Location of Bishops head. Black dot is community, and gray shaded is area of Bishops head. gallery gallery Image with unknown copyright status removed Image woods in bishops head.JPG Woods overlooking marsh, picture taken from a small creek gallery References reflist Maryland geo stub Dorchester County, Maryland coord 38 16 05 N 76 04 04 W type city region US MD source GNIS enwiki display title Category Populated places in Dorchester County, Maryland ... more details
Infobox UK disused station name Bishops Waltham Station image caption April 1963 gridref SU550175 manager London and South Western Railway owner Southern Railway Great Britain Southern Railway br Southern Region of British Railways locale Bishops Waltham borough Hampshire platforms One years 1 June 1863 events Opened years1 31 December 1932 passengers br 27 April 1962 freight events1 Closed Bishops Waltham Station was the terminus ref The Bishops Waltham Branch Simmonds,R Robertson,K Corhampton, Wild Swan, 1988 ISBN 0906867673 ref of the 4.5 mile branch line ref http www.visitwinchester.co.uk xsdbimgs Watercress Leaflet 20resized.pdf Visit Winchester ref that connected it ref http www.geograph.org.uk photo 2387836 Geograph ref to the main line at Botley railway station . It was demolished in 1965 and replaced by a roundabout. ref http local.upmystreet.com picture of approaching station roundabout on bishops waltham railway path id 527245.html Up my street ref References Reflist Disused Rail Start Rail line previous Durley Halt railway station Durley Halt next Terminus route Southern Region of British Railways British Rail br Southern Region br small London and South Western Railway small col 00008B end See also List of closed railway stations in Britain Bishops Waltham branch Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham branch coord 50 57 27 N 1 13 09 W region GB type railwaystation display inline,title Category Buildings and structures demolished in 1965 Category Disused railway stations in Hampshire Category Railway stations opened in 1863 Category Railway stations closed in 1962 SouthEastEngland railstation stub ... more details
Infobox Organization name Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences image image border size caption map msize mcaption abbreviation motto formation extinction type status Civil nonprofit purpose headquarters metropolitan province location region served membership language leader title leader name main organ Conference parent organization affiliations num staff num volunteers budget website url http www.fabc.org remarks The Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences FABC is an association of conferences of bishops of Catholic Church es in South, Southeast, East and Central Asia. The federation fosters solidarity and joint responsibility for church and society welfare in the region. ref cite web url http www.fabc.org title Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences publisher Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences accessdate 2012 03 08 ref The conference includes eighteen Bishops Conferences from Bangladesh , India CBCI, Syro Malabar Syro Malankara & Latin Rite , Indonesia , Japan , Kazakhstan , Korea , Laos Cambodia , Malaysia Singapore Brunei , Myanmar , Pakistan , Philippines , Sri Lanka , Taiwan , Thailand and Vietnam . Associate members are from Baucau, East Timor, Dili, East Timor, Hong Kong , Irkutsk, Siberia, Macau , Maliana, East Timor, Mongolia , Nepal , Novosibirsk, Siberia, Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan . ref cite web url http www.fabc.org mem.html title members publisher Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences accessdate 2012 03 08 ref References reflist Category Ecumenical councils Category Bishops conferences ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB is the national assembly of the Bishop s of the Catholic Church in Canada . It was founded in 1943 and was officially recognized by the Holy See in 1948. Since the Second Vatican Council , it became part of a worldwide network of Episcopal Conference s, established in 1965, as an integral part of the life of the universal Church. Up until 1977 it was called the Canadian Catholic Conference. The change reflects more clearly the fact that it is an association of Bishops. According to its statutes, together the Bishops exercise certain pastoral functions for Catholics in Canada, respecting the autonomy of each Bishop in the service of his particular Church . Through the work of its members, the Conference is involved in matters of national and international scope in areas such as ecumenism and interfaith dialogue ... education. It also provides the bishops with a forum where they can share their experience and insight ... Conference include all diocesan bishops in Canada and those equivalent to them in law, all Coadjutor ... work, the Bishops have established a permanent bilingual Secretariat in Ottawa which includes ..., priests and religious , are at the service of the bishops. The National Liturgy Office of the CCCB ... of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Each commission specializes in one pastoral area, to guide and support the Bishops in their ministry. Driven by the work and expertise of four bishops ... Christian communities. Six of the Commissions are national formed by Bishops equally distributed ... depending on the language of the member bishops. Three of those commissions are from the English ... bishops. List of presidents 2009 2011 Pierre Morissette , bishop of Saint J r me 2007 ... links http www.cccb.ca Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops official website DEFAULTSORT Canadian Conference Of Catholic Bishops Category Roman Catholic Church in Canada Category Bishops conferences ... more details
The United Methodist Council of Bishops is the organization of which all active and retired Bishop s in the United Methodist Connection are members. In the United Methodist system of polity, the Council of Bishops is the Executive Branch of United Methodist Church government. Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer of the Illinois Episcopal Area currently serves as President of the Council of Bishops. Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster of the Charlotte Episicopal Area will become the president in 2010. Bishop Janice Riggle Huie of the Texas Annual Conference Houston area , is the immediate past president of the Council of Bishops. The Bishops of The United Methodist Church, both individually and collectively through the Council of Bishops, provide spiritual leadership to more than 11 million United Methodists in a broad range of settings on four continents, including North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Since the founding of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Christmas Conference in Baltimore in 1781, United Methodist Bishop s have presided over Annual and Central Conferences regional areas of the church . They play an important leadership role in helping to set the direction of the church and its mission throughout the world. United Methodist Bishops preside over geographic areas of ministry ... s clergy and the mission and ministry of each Annual Conference s congregations. Bishops are elected ... elected Bishops itinerate within the United Methodist Jurisdiction Jurisdiction they are members of, serving ... and the authority of the full Jurisdictional Conference acting on those recommendations. Bishops ... the United Methodist Council of Bishops is the Executive Branch of Church government, it is ultimately .... Ultimately, the General Conference speaks for the United Methodist Church. See also College of Bishops Synod Synod of Bishops External links http bishops.umc.org United Methodist Council of Bishops Official Website Category Bishops of the United Methodist Church ... more details
The Council of the Bishops Conferences of Europe Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae or CCEE gathers the presidents of the 33 Roman Catholic term Roman Catholic Church Catholic Episcopal conference bishops conferences of Europe and the archbishops of Luxembourg and of the Principality of Monaco , as well as the Bishop of Chi in u Moldavia . CCEE should not be confused with Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Community COMECE . The president is Cardinal P ter Erd , Archbishop of Esztergom Budapest and Primate of Hungary. The vice presidents are Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco , Archbishop of Genoa , and Archbishop J zef Michalik , Archbishop of Przemy l . The general secretary of CCEE is Father Duarte da Cunha . The headquarters of the Secretariat is in St. Gallen Switzerland . External links http www.ccee.ch DEFAULTSORT Council Of The Bishops Conferences Of Europe Category Bishops conferences Europe Council Category Roman Catholic Church in Europe Category International organizations of Europe Category Organisations based in St. Gallen catholicism stub cs Rada evropsk ch biskupsk ch konferenc de Rat der europ ischen Bischofskonferenzen eo Konsilio de la Episkoparaj Konferencoj de E ropo hr Vije e europskih biskupskih konferencija it Consiglio delle Conferenze dei Vescovi d Europa nl Raad van Europese Bisschoppenconferenties pl Rada Konferencji Episkopat w Europy ... more details
The Irish Catholic Bishops Conference Gaelic language Gaelic , Comhdh il Easpag Caitliceach ireann is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic term Roman Catholic Church Catholic Bishop Catholic Church bishops in Ireland . Their meetings generally take place a number of times a year in Maynooth , County Kildare , the location of St Patrick s College, Maynooth , Ireland s national Catholic seminary . While each diocesan bishop bishop is autonomous in his own diocese , meetings of the conference give bishops a chance to discuss issues of mutual concern, or issues of national policy. TOCright Background In the Catholic Church, the episcopal conference Bishops Conference is an official assembly of all the bishops of a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities, but were first established as formal bodies by the Second Vatican Council Christus Dominus , 38 , and implemented by Pope Paul VI s 1966 motu proprio Ecclesiae sanctae . The operation, authority, and responsibilities of episcopal conferences are currently governed by the 1983 Code of Canon ... conference are subject to ratification from the Holy See. Individual bishops do not relinquish ... diocese. Composition The Irish Catholic Bishops Conference is made up of the 26 Irish diocesan ... boundaries on the island of Ireland and comprises both jurisdictions. Structure Beneath the Bishops Conference are the regional or Ecclesiastical province provincial meetings of bishops Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, with all the bishops in a given country ..., as Primate of All Ireland, is the chairman of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference. The current ... is president of the Irish Bishops Conference and thus principal spokesman. This tradition has ... External links http www.catholicbishops.ie Irish Catholic Bishops Conference official website http www.gcatholic.com ... Category Bishops conferences Category Roman Catholic Church in Ireland de Irische Bischofskonferenz ... more details
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