A presiding bishop is an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity. The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
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Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is an American bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. Elected in 2015...
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1795 the Presiding Bishop was the senior bishop in order of consecration. Starting in 1926, the office became elective, the Presiding Bishop being chosen...
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The Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a priesthood calling with church-wide authority. The Presiding Bishop...
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with presidency vested in the Presiding Bishopric (consisting of the Presiding Bishop and two counselors). While all bishops are attached to a congregation...
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"presiding bishop" of the church, and two others are appointed by the presiding bishop himself, as his first and second assistant presiding bishops. Bishops...
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Church of God in Christ (redirect from Bishop Louis Henry Ford)
and presiding bishop of the church. Bishop J. O. Patterson Sr. – presiding bishop Bishop J. S. Bailey – first assistant presiding bishop Bishop S. M...
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John Drew Sheard Sr. (redirect from Bishop J. Drew Sheard)
the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ worldwide, and then subsequently appointed Bishop Macklin as his first assistant presiding bishop, and...
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (redirect from Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
ordained apostles he chooses as counselors form the First Presidency, the presiding body of the church; twelve other apostles form the Quorum of the Twelve...
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Primate of New Zealand (redirect from Anglican Presiding Bishop of New Zealand)
would be Presiding Bishop and the other two Co-Presiding Bishops; and before that there was only one Primate. George Selwyn was consecrated Bishop of New...
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