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The 31 pages that link to Bishop, each with the reason it gives.

• Early ChristianityRelated: The growing authority of bishops helped organize communities and define leadership.

• Catholic ChurchRelated: Bishops govern dioceses and connect local churches to the wider communion.

• Church of EnglandRelated: Bishops govern dioceses and participate in the church’s national structures.

• Apostolic FathersRelated: The writings show local oversight becoming more clearly organized in some communities.

• Dictatus PapaeRelated: The text asserts papal powers over bishops, including their appointment and removal.

• DioceseRelated: The bishop holds pastoral and administrative responsibility for the diocese.

• DidacheRelated: The text urges communities to appoint bishops and deacons for local service.

• Latin ChurchRelated: Latin bishops govern local churches while remaining in communion with the pope.

• Concordat of 1801Related: Napoleon nominated French bishops, while the pope formally instituted them.

• CathedralRelated: A cathedral’s defining role is to serve the bishop who leads its diocese.

• Women’s ordinationRelated: Debates about women’s ordination often ask whether episcopal oversight is open to women.

• DeaconRelated: In many churches, bishops ordain deacons and assign or supervise their ministry.

• First Epistle to TimothyRelated: Its qualifications for an overseer became part of later discussions of episcopal leadership.

• Medieval ChurchRelated: Bishops governed dioceses and often exercised substantial civic and political influence.

• Synod of BishopsRelated: Bishops form the defining membership of the assembly.