bishop

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In my five years as bishop of Joliet, our diocese went through a restructuring that required parish mergers and hard decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The independent review said since the 1990s a "number of changes" had been made with the introduction of safeguarding officers to the Church, development of policies, and increased scrutiny and safeguarding checks in bishops' appointments.

From BBC

The bishop has been released on conditional bail.

From BBC

General Synod did vote to continue to look into the issue in the future, but bishops had already decided there were theological and legal barriers to having such ceremonies now.

From BBC

Meanwhile, Peru's bishops conference said on February 4 it hoped Leo would visit the Latin American country either in November or December.

From Barron's