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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

Every bishop today wants to know Sheen’s secret.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

She was buried on an island in the Spencers' Althorp estate, rather than a graveyard - and the book describes how a bishop was brought to consecrate the ground to make it possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

"A bishop friend who retired told me it took three years for the tiredness to leave his body," McKeown told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

His father, a wealthy merchant, died in 1483 or 1484, and Nicolaus was brought up in the household of his mother’s brother, Lucas Waczenrode, who became the bishop of Ermeland.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

America’s bishops have much to learn from Sheen’s witness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

He might have done Catholic bishops the courtesy of meeting with them to discuss the issue before posting his threatening letter on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

His special targets were Baby Kochamma’s guests—Catholic bishops or visiting clergy—who often dropped by for a snack.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

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

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.

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

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; and this was his strong ground.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope