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In northern Peru, the self-anointed "city of Pope Leo XIV" is feverishly preparing for a visit by its former bishop, despite the pontiff's lung cancer diagnosis raising doubts over his travel plans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"We also wish to express our sincere gratitude to the emergency services, gardaí, firefighters and medical personnel who responded to the scene and who have faced such distressing circumstances," the bishop added.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Leo XIV was born in the US city of Chicago but lived in Peru for more than two decades, where he was a missionary and bishop in Chiclayo.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Catholic Church declared Archbishop Fulton Sheen “blessed” in St. Louis on Thursday, placing him one step away from becoming the first bishop born in America to be canonized a saint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The bishop was buried on the fourteenth of September in 1281, twenty-eight years after construction had first begun.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

French bishops report that 13,234 adults were baptized this year in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Canon law states that diocesan bishops are expected to hand in their resignation when they turn 75.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In practical terms, for nearly 20 years the prime minister has not had much of a role in the selection of Church of England bishops.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On Wednesday, however, the group went ahead and consecrated the four bishops in a Mass in Switzerland before thousands of followers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

William thought about the texts that he and I had read together—the great Rashi, who had shown our bishops the errors in our translations of the Hebrew Bible.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

All over the country the farmers and horse-dealers knew that neither Jasper nor Panuel ever bishoped a gry, or indulged in any other horse-dealing tricks.

From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton

In that county burnt milk is still said to be "bishoped."

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett

He would be bishoped here, and bishoped there, before the eyes of all palatial men and women, till life would be a burden to him.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

A term used among horse-dealers, for burning the mark into a horse's tooth, after he has lost it by age; by bishoping, a horse is made to appear younger than he is.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

The archdeacon knew his subject, and really understood the business of bishoping, which the others did not; and this was his strong ground.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

His method was by no means soft; on the contrary, it was hard, rapid, severe,—somewhat on the model of Tryggveson's, though with more of bishoping and preaching superadded.

From Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle

The archdeacon knew his subject, and really understood the business of bishoping, which the others did not.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Arthur Mee

The archdeacon knew his subject and really understood the business of bishoping, which the others did not, and this was his strong ground.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope