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Understanding the Role and Significance of Bishops

This quiz assesses knowledge about the role, significance, and historical context of bishops within various branches of Christianity.

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1 What does the following picture show?  Mitre worn by an Eastern bishop with icons of Christ, the Theotokos (Mary, Mother of God) and Forerunner (John the Baptist).   Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States).   Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States).   A sixth-century image Saint Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius.

2 ________, Epistles of to the Ephesians, Magnesians, Trallesians, and Smyrnans, Lightfoot, trans., Harmer, ed.

3 Bishop, Priest and Deacon are all:

4 This is the bishop's ________ and is often called the throne.

5 The bishop is also the proper minister of the sacrament of ________, and in the Anglican Communion and Liberal Catholic communion only a bishop may administer this sacrament.

6 Bishop, Pope and Priest are all:

7 Traditionally, a number of items are associated with the office of a bishop, most notably the mitre, ________, and ecclesiastical ring.

8 In the past, the Bishop of Durham, known as a ________, had extensive viceregal powers within his northern diocese — the power to mint money, collect taxes and raise an army to defend against the Scots.

9 The office of bishop was already quite distinct from that of priest in the writings of ________ (died c.

10 Bishops form the leadership in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the ________, the Lutheran Church, the Independent Catholic Churches, the Independent Anglican Churches, and certain other, smaller, denominations.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • after serving as a border guard, Saint Claudius of Besançon became, successively, a priest, monk, abbot, bishop, and then an abbot again, in the 7th century.
  • as well as being Bishop of Montreal, Ignace Bourget (pictured) was also bishop of the titular see of Telmesse and archbishop of the titular see of Martianopolis.
  • during the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, a secret synod of Ukrainian bishops in Pochaiv Lavra created the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church, canonically linked to the Moscow Patriarchate.
  • a bishop of the Church of England once won the World's Biggest Liar competition by simply stating, "I have never told a lie in my life".
  • Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, who had two tenures as Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs, became a bishop after his political career.
  • John Law, bishop of Clonfert, Killala and Elphin, was a Second Wrangler.
  • Moses, the first Arab Orthodox bishop, administered his duties while journeying with a nomadic confederation of Arabs in the fourth century.
  • during the Western Schism Thomas de Rossy, Franciscan friar and Bishop of Galloway, challenged any bishop of England to fight in single combat.
  • economist Barbara Ward, an early advocate of sustainable development, was the first woman ever to address a synod of Roman Catholic bishops.
  • the eighth century bishop and saint Rupert of Salzburg set up his base in the old Roman town of Juvavum and renamed it Salzburg.
  • the girls of St Mary's School, Calne, are divided into five Companies, each named after local bishops.
  • upon his accession as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, John Tuigg found that the Panic of 1873 had left the diocese's property and finances in disarray.
  • priest Benjamin Pâquet was such a controversial figure in 19th-century Quebec that his possible nomination to bishopry was rejected for three different dioceses.
  • in 1902, the Church of Norway priest Jens Jonas Jansen was called "dangerous" by bishop Johan Christian Heuch.
  • following the firing of Arne Fjellbu as dean of Nidaros Cathedral, all bishops in the Church of Norway stepped down in protest.
  • in 1847 French Admiral Jean-Baptiste CĂ©cille sent a captain to attack Vietnam to obtain the release of a bishop, not knowing the bishop had already been freed.
  • JĂłzef Kossakowski (pictured), bishop and writer, was one of several prominent Polish politicians sentenced to hanging as traitors in the aftermath of the Warsaw Uprising.
  • Henry of Masovia, 14th century bishop of PĹ‚ock, might have been poisoned by his wife, sister of Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas the Great.
  • bishop Adam StanisĹ‚aw KrasiĹ„ski was one of the leaders of the Bar Confederation, the first Polish uprising.
  • bishop William McKendree (1757–1835) earned the nickname "Father of Western Methodism" for his travels through his vast see of Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois.
  • John Vesey, a 16th-century bishop of Exeter, had a fordkeeper's cottage built along Plants Brook to help provide security for travelers on the Wylde Green Road.
  • Bishop of Port Augusta, Andrew Killian (pictured) would travel thousands of miles to visit parishes in his rural diocese.
  • Bishop George Algernon West, the Lord Bishop of Rangoon 1935–1954, became for two months the Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia while the Japanese occupied Burma.
  • Australian bishop Sydney James Kirkby, who presided at the synod to elect the successor of Archbishop John Charles Wright, actively worked to not be given the job himself.
  • Bishop Barbatus of Benevento is thought to have helped the city's resistance to Byzantine Emperor Constans II by destroying a Temple of Isis in the city, reusing the materials in building the city wall.
  • Mutzig's Château des Rohan (pictured) belonged to several families of noblemen and bishops of Strasbourg before being turned into a rifle factory after the French Revolution.
  • Polish bishop JĂłzef Andrzej ZaĹ‚uski, founded ZaĹ‚uski Library, one of the largest 18th century European libraries.
  • Cormac mac Cuilennáin, bishop and king of Munster, later considered a saint, was killed in battle in 908 while leading an invasion of Leinster.
  • Felician of Foligno was the first ever bishop to receive the pallium as a symbol of his office.
  • Beaumont House (pictured) was constructed for Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide and founder of St Peter's Cathedral.
  • Anthelm of Belley left his post as bishop of Belley in protest at the lifting of the excommunication of a count who had held one priest captive and murdered a second.
  • Syrian Orthodox bishop Michael Jarweh with a large number of his faithfuls revitalized the Syrian Catholic Church.
  • Alonso Manso was the first bishop to arrive in the New World and also the first Inquisitor General of the Indies.
  • Anglican archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy will be Australia's first woman bishop when she is consecrated on 22 May 2008.
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