Sentence examples for he convoked from inspiring English sources

After his first attempts were frustrated, he convoked a council at Trent (northern Italy), which opened on December 13 , 1545

In 1844 and 1859 he convoked synods in Melbourne and in Sydney, where he founded St . Johns College.

During the minorities of the West Frankish kings Louis III and Carloman, he convoked the bishops of Provence and had them proclaim him their king (Oct . 15 879).

He convoked a Roman synod to denounce simony (i.e., the buying or selling of a church office), zealously enforced clerical celibacy, and centralized the reform.

He convoked a synod at Sutri, which, at his bidding, elected as the new pope a German, Suidger, bishop of Bamberg, who was inaugurated as Clement II.

When no agreement was reached, he convoked another meeting the following year at which the Poles, despite the opposition of the Archbishop of Gniezno and his followers, consented to recognize a daughter designated by Louis as successor to the throne.

There were those who wondered what changes Pius XII would have fostered if he had convoked the council, which he had contemplated.

Since the financial crisis erupted in September, Sarkozy has pushed hard for a coordinated European response; he has convoked a summit conference Friday in Brussels to forge a common stand for the 20-nation financial summit scheduled Nov. 15 in Washington, a gathering called by President Bush in response to Sarkozy's urging.

Clement XIII died suddenly on 2 February 1769, a day before the date of the consistory that he had convoked to examine the demands for the general suppression of the Society of Jesus.

In 1767 she convoked a commission of representatives elected by all classes except private serfs.

Moreover, Mas has said that in the likely case of reelection of his independence-minded Convergencia i Unio party, he will convoke a plebiscite so the 7.5 million residents of Catalonia can decide on the status for themselves.