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 Bishop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An auxiliary bishop is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop (the Roman Catholic equivalent of an Anglican suffragan bishop).
An antimension signed by the bishop is kept on the altar partly as a reminder of whose altar it is and under whose omophorion the priest at a local parish is serving.
Bishop is an office of the Aaronic Priesthood; in addition to his ward responsibilities, it is a bishop's duty to preside over the priest's quorum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop   (4074 words)

  
 Prince-Bishop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The famous Bishops of Durham were also territorial Prince Bishops, with the extraordinary secular rank of Earl palatine, for it was their duty not only to be head of the large diocese, but also to help protect the Kingdom against the Scottish threat from the north.
A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial prince of the church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent nobiliary titles held concurrently with their inherent clerical office.
However, a number of French Bishops did hold a noble title, with a tiny territory usually about their seat; it was often a princely title, especially Count.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince-Bishop   (1117 words)

  
 Bishop of Durham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country.
For instance Bishop Langley was frequently in London and occasionally overseas because as chancellor to Kings Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI, he was the highest ranking servant of the Crown.
As the only such bishop in England, the Bishop of Durham bears on his arms a mitre enfiled of a coronet (instead of a plain mitre) and a crozier crossed with a sword in saltire (instead of two croziers) to symbolize temporal power.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_of_Durham   (1524 words)

  
 DURHOLME - the ley home of the Prince Bishop's Men
Prince Bishop Dzygati commands the Prince Bishops's Men and the 1st Legion of Avalon ("The Hammer") in the successful defence of Camelot during the Battle of the Circle, against an incursion of void demons.
The Prince Bishop's Men in Fort Hatfield are besieged by the Frithen of Gallathrix, whilst the coast of Gallathrix is subjected to heavy raids.
Some Prince Bishop's Men, led by His Grace, are able to contact the real St Cuthbert, and so free themselves form the magic's influence, but, after the Bones of St Cuthbert are recovered and lost in the flow of battle, the Prince Bishop is forced to leave Gallathrix.
www.durholme.org /history/lantia.html   (843 words)

  
 Page 122
Nunciature and because the bishops formerly in Munich.
The bishop should have the right to grant dispensations from commandments of abstinence and from matrimonial impedimenta, and also to absolve the monastic clergy from their vows.
In spiritual jurisdiction the court of first instance is that of the bishop, the second that of the archbishop, the third is the Roman See, the nunciatures being entirely left out' provision is made, moreover, that national judges should pronounce the verdict even is Rome.
www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc04/htm/0138=122.htm   (857 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Saint Hyacinthe
From November, 1856, to July, 1857, he had administered the diocese during the prolonged illness of Bishop Prince, but now, overwhelmed by the responsibility forced on him, and suffering from a series he petitioned the Holy See to be relieved of this burden.
Bishop Prince showed untiring activity, founding twenty new parishes, establishing several missions, and in 1853 introducing from France the Sisters of the Presentation.
Prince, Coadjutor Bishop of Montreal, was the first Bishop of St. Hyacinthe.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13351b.htm   (966 words)

  
 Bishop Auckland Dere Street Prince Bishop Binchester History
Medieval Prince Bishops were extremely powerful, and the bishopric acted as a buffer state against the marauding Scots.
Some of these powers lasted until the mid-19th Century, when Bishop van Mildert, the last of the Prince Bishops, relinquished his rights and also his castle in Durham, giving it to found the new university.
Bishop Auckland was nationally known in the 20th century for the achievements of the football club which held an unrivalled record in the Amateur Cup, appearing in the final eighteen times, and winning ten times, including a memorable three years in a row in 1955, 1956 and 1957.
www.bishopaucklandhistory.co.uk   (918 words)

  
 Book One -- Chapter Three
The bishop saw this citizen mingling with the people, simple, cheerful, and overflowing with cordiality, taking part in all the merry-makings of the young folks of Geneva, winning them by the animated charm of his manners, and by the important services he was always ready to do them.
The bishop then entered the church, and standing in front of the altar, with an open missal before him, as was usual, made solemn oath to the syndics, in presence of the people, to maintain the liberties and customs of Geneva.
The bishop could not even dream of a resignation: such an act would be sheer madness in his eyes; so believing that he had caught Berthelier, he thought that Geneva could not now escape him.
home.earthlink.net /~scotsman1517/id30.html   (4439 words)

  
 Prince-Bishop
The title granted the bishop, a religious leader, secular rights over his diocese, thus making him the legal equal of other princes of the same rank.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pr/Prince-Bishop.html   (44 words)

  
 schloesser-magazin.de: Meersburg Palace - Time Line
The prince bishops of Konstanz reside in Meersburg.
Prince Bishop Maximilian Christoph von Rodt has the paneling mounted in the bishop's suite of rooms and in the guest appartement.
Prince Bishop Franz Conrad von Rodt commissions additional work on the interior appointments of the palace.
www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/me/me_zeite.php   (287 words)

  
 Jean Charles Prince
In 1851 Bishop Prince visited Rome on an ecclesiastical mission, and while he was there Plus IX., at the request of the delegates to the first council of Quebec, transferred him to the see of St. Hyacinthe, 8 June, 1852.
Prince accordingly went to Kingston, established the Convent of the Sisters of the Congregation for the education of young girls, and prepared the way for the organization of the "Sceurs de l'Hotel-Dieu " for the care of the sick poor.
Bishop Gaulin, having no assistants save a few priests who were overburdened with work, asked the bishop of Montreal to send him several Sisters of Charity and a priest competent to take charge of them.
www.famousamericans.net /jeancharlesprince   (608 words)

  
 schloesser-magazin.de: Meersburg Palace - Famous Persons
On the initiative of the Prince Bishop, the construction of the "Neues Schloss" (New Palace) was begun in 1710.
This prince bishop was an enthusiastic collector of natural history specimens, with a particular interest in shells.
His portrait can be found in the ceiling fresco of the staircase, "May the land of the Prince Bishop blossom under the favor of divine Providence".
www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/me/me_personene.php   (424 words)

  
 Prince
One is that a Bishop in Prince, as in Chess, changes exactly two of its dimension values by the same amount.
As in Chess, the Knight in Prince may move one space as a Rook, and one space as a Bishop.
Prince introduces the Merchant, which is the alternate definition of a Bishop in three dimensions.
www.chessvariants.org /3d.dir/prince.html   (7684 words)

  
 lg_hist.html
Notger, born in 930, is appointed by Otton as bishop of the diocese, with the double goal of defending the City as well as embellishing it to the standing required of a diocese capital city.
The bishop wages war on aggressive local lords and, by capturing the castle of Chêvremont, locks the region under the sole authority of Liège.
The prince is powerless without their consent and if the prince's officers violate the law, they are pursued and punished.
www.vki.ac.be /~bottin/liege/lg_hist.html   (2417 words)

  
 THE SIN OF THE PRINCE BISHOP
Then the Prince Bishop saw the rude teamster rise from his rest on the bank and cry to his cattle, and the oxen strained against the beam and the thick ropes tightened, and the huge block stone was once more set in motion.
And when the Prince Bishop saw that it was these fellow-workers whose service was more worthy in God's eyes than his own, he was abashed and sorrowful for his sin, and the tears of his own weeping awoke him.
" said the Angel; and the Prince Bishop saw a little blue-winged bird which perched on the stout yoke beam fastened to the horns of the oxen, and sang such a heavenly song of rest and contentment that the big shaggy creatures- ceased to blow stormily through their nostrils, and drew long tranquil breaths instead.
www.holycards.com /victorian/The_prince_bishops_sin.shtml   (670 words)

  
 Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Hortus Eystettensis
In 1611, the Prince Bishop of Eichstätt in Germany was already terminally ill when he determined to record for posterity the spectacular garden he’d created at his palace in Bavaria with plants from around the world.
While the Prince Bishop’s successor was happy to continue with the florilegium, his diocesan court became insistent on tighter financial control.
The Prince Bishop’s decision to produce an engraved record of his garden at Eichstätt may have been strongly influenced by Basilius Besler.
www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/landmarks/hortus.html   (1452 words)

  
 All Bishops of Haïti [Catholic-Hierarchy]
Bishop Léon Bélouino †, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince
Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. †, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien
Bishop Rémy Augustin, S.M.M. †, Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix
www.catholic-hierarchy.org /country/bht.html   (397 words)

  
 BBC News UK Charles should marry Camilla - Bishop
The Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Michael Turnbull, said it would be possible for Charles to remarry and still maintain the moral authority to become head of the Church of England on his accession to the throne.
The prince and Mrs Parker Bowles have made several low-key appearances together in public in recent months, but there has been no suggestion from Buckingham Palace that their relationship will be placed on a more formal footing.
The Bishop of Durham's comments follow an encouraging message from the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Richard Harries, chair of the Church of England's board of social responsibility.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/208703.stm   (402 words)

  
 Royle Prince Bishop
Bish got his posh name (Royle Prince Bishop) from his county of birth - County Durham, which is known as the "Land of the Prince Bishops", and my home town, Bishop Auckland, which is the location of the Bishop's Palace.
Bishop is of very good bloodlines, with his dam being "Sidney Conner" of Gypsy Grace Ranch in Vermont, who is a daughter of the famous stallion "Hairy Conners".
It was a tense moment indeed when I finally pushed (a very patient) Bishop towards her udder, and after a bit of fumbling on his part, he latched on and Creamcake didn't mind.
www.ukshires.net /bishop.htm   (1260 words)

  
 ORCCNA: History
In 1913, Bishop Mathew consecrated HRH Rudolph Francis Edward Hamilton de Lorraine-Brabant, the Prince de Landes Berghes to the episcopacy.
The Prince Bishop established the ministry of the Old Roman Catholic Church in the United States in 1914 when he migrated to North America in order to avoid the difficulties of World War I. de Landes
Bishop Carfora was elected to succeed Bishop de Landes Berghes as Archbishop of the Old Roman Catholic Diocese of America and is responsible for organization of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church.
www.orccna.org /history/history2.htm   (239 words)

  
 Bishop's Page - Diocese of Prince George
Bishop Wiesner has held a number of positions at the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops including membership on the Episcopal Commission for Theology from 1993-1995 and Episcopal Commission for Liturgy from 1997-1998 and 2002-present (as president).
From 1964 to 1972 Bishop Wiesner was a professor of Theology at St. Charles Scholasticate in Battleford, Saskatchewan.
In November 1997 he was a Canadian delegate to the Synod of Bishops for America in Rome and in October 1999 the bishops of Canada elected him President of the Conference for a two-year term.
www.pgdiocese.bc.ca /BishopPage   (516 words)

  
 schloesser-magazin.de: Meersburg Palace - Meersburg Palace
The Catholic prince bishops of the bishopric of Konstanz resided in the city on Lake Constance, which followed the Reformation very early on (1519/23) and became Protestant.
With the secularization the reign of the prince bishops came to an end in 1802 under Prince Bishop Karl Theodor von Dalberg and nearly all of the ecclesiastical principalities were abolished.
In the vaulted ceiling of the staircase, the Court Painter Giuseppe Appiani painted the fresco entitled "Verherrlichung der fürstbischöflichen Regentschaft" (Glorification of the Prince Bishop's Regency).
www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/me/me01e.php   (440 words)

  
 News Release: Haiti: Alive in Faith, Burdened by Poverty
Bishop Daily toured five dioceses in the Caribbean republic, which is plagued by social, political and economic instability and felt the devastating power of Hurricane Georges last September.
The area reminded the Bishop of barrios around Lima when he was a missionary priest in Peru 30 years ago as a member of the Society of St. James the Apostle.
Bishop Daily presented him with the first of four $25,000 contributions from the Knights of Columbus.
www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org /test/about/abt_3_22_99.html   (1106 words)

  
 Don't give up Camilla, bishop tells Prince
The Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Tom Butler, said: "Her friendship is very important to him, that's quite obvious, and I am not one of those people who thinks he should give her up." He said that the Prince's position as head of the Church of England was "purely constitutional".
A SENIOR bishop has urged the Prince of Wales to carry on his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, saying that the Prince's role as head of the Church was "nothing to do with his or her life".
While two bishops spoke out in defence of the Prince's relationship yesterday, most other bishops refused to comment, saying it was not a subject that they felt comfortable talking about.
telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/11/03/npri03.html   (566 words)

  
 Durham's Prince Bishops
Bishop Van Mildert (1826-36) - the last of the Prince-Bishops - was involved in founding the University of Durham in 1832.
Here is a list of all the Bishops of Durham showing which ones held the rank of Prince Bishop.
The Prince Bishops had similar royal powers within the Palatinate to those that the King exercised in other parts of his Kingdom.
www.dur.ac.uk /~dla0www/c_tour/prince.html   (499 words)

  
 AOL News - Bishop Says Prince Charles Should Apologize for Adultery
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will be married in a civil ceremony in the town hall at Windsor, west of London, followed by a service of prayer and dedication at Windsor castle's chapel.
Prince Charles divorced Princess Diana in 1996, a year before she was killed in a car crash.
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will be married in a civil ceremony in the town hall at Windsor, west of London.
aolsvc.news.aol.com /news/article.adp?id=20050307165709990001   (1065 words)

  
 A Jacobite Gazetteer - Bavaria - Bamberg
A number of rooms of both the Prince-Bishop's Apartment and the Imperial Apartment are open to the public.
Prince Luitpold was baptised in the Thronsaal (which I presume is the same as the Kaisersaal).
Marie Gabrielle lived on the second floor in the Imperial Apartment (Kaiser-Appartement); it was here that her eldest son Prince Luitpold was born May 8, 1901.
www.jacobite.ca /gazetteer/Bavaria/bamberg.htm   (288 words)

  
 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
In the course of his travels following the dissolution of the Bishop's Kapelle in 1769, Ditters met his next patron, Count Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau.
Nonetheless, when his contract with Durazzo expired in the winter of 1764 he chose to accept the post of Kapellmeister to the Bishop of Grosswardein, recently vacated by Michael Haydn, rather than work under the authority of Count Wenzel Spork, Durazzo's successor, with whom he had personal difficulties.
On 1 March 1751 he joined the musical establishment of Prince Joseph Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen and began a more disciplined course of violin study with Giuseppe Trani.
www.naxos.com /Artaria/Composer/FullBios/Ditters_Full.htm   (698 words)

  
 Dinant (Municipality, Province of Namur, Belgium)
In 1096, Obert, Prince-Bishop of Liège, purchased the Duchy of Bouillon from Godefroid de Bouillon; the Chapter of Dinant advanced 34 marks to the Prince, who granted the tonlieu to the Chapter as a reward.
Emperor Otto III granted to Notger, Prince-Bishop of Liège, the right of mint and tonlieu (tax paid by the sellers in markets and fairs) in several cities, including Dinant.
Monulphe (558-597), twenty-first Bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht, was born in Dinant, and bequeathed his goods to the Bishopric.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/be-wnadi.html   (3895 words)

  
 virtualitalia.com - trentino-alto adige - il giorno del non
As it happens, in the 14th century, the prince bishop had developed some special business interests with the timber salesmen from nearby Trento and he did not appreciate the competition presented by the Fiemme Valley.
Unfortunately, the prince bishop was also immune to edicts issued by Emperors and the ban, though now illegal, continued.
Live performances, feasts, parades, and revelry are observed with great enthusiasm to celebrate the uncrushable spirit of the Fiemmesi, who had only to wait until their evil prince bishop eventually died and was replaced with a less corrupt leader.
www.virtualitalia.com /travel/trentino_non.shtml   (623 words)

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