Sentence examples for selected as bishop from inspiring English sources

Another candidate withdrew after being selected as bishop of Nebraska.

In 1244, Boniface rejected Robert Passelewe, who had been selected as Bishop of Chichester, on the grounds that Passelewe was illiterate.

Neville was instrumental in promoting the career of his brother William, but non-relatives also benefited from his patronage: one of Neville's clerks, Silvester de Everdon, was a member of the chancery until 1246, when he was selected as Bishop of Carlisle.

Church experts said it was unlikely that Bishop Lennon would be selected as the permanent replacement.

A7 Gay Clergyman Gives Up Post Dr. Jeffrey John, a clergyman who was selected as the Church of England's first openly gay bishop, announced he was withdrawing because of the "damage my consecration might cause to the unity of the church".

My dad was technically right: the man selected as the next pope need not be a member of the clergy, though he would have to be ordained a priest and the bishop of Rome upon election.

The commission was created by parliament appointing three bishops and three barons, who then selected one more bishop, two earls, and three more barons.

But even before his departure, the Communist Party had already started selecting bishops as they saw fit, and the Church never raised any real obstacles to the practice after that.

He selected the bishops and supervised church finances.

"The people of the diocese are aware that they're part of the larger church, and value that, but we're selecting a bishop to be our bishop".

King Henry sided with the bishops, and told the monks that they could elect their choice from a short list selected by the bishops.