| The Domenican prelate had reluctantly accepted the papal tiara in 1724, leaving with great regret his bishopric in Benevento. |
| He was a conspicuous pluralist in the diocese, annexing to his bishopric a number of Salisbury prebends, two abbeys, and several churches. |
| Perhaps a rule could be made that would preclude immediate election to a bishopric from a curial position. |
| The noose became even tighter when the bishopric of Prague was subordinated to the German archbishopric of Mainz. |
| Manning began the attack on Russell, calling on all the churches in his bishopric to rouse their parishioners in opposition. |
| In the Church of England as it currently is, Canon Robinson couldn't have been a candidate for the bishopric. |
