He established a bishopric at Lindisfarne ( Holy Isle ) opposite the royal center of Bamburgh.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

The appointment to the bishopric was the beginning of a new system.    From Wordnik.com.  [William the Conqueror] Reference

The see was afterwards known as the bishopric of Lismore, and contained the following deaneries: Kintyre, with twelve parishes; Glassary or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference

The bishopric was a suffragan of Rhodes in the seventh and tenth centuries (Gelzer, "Ungedruckte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

That bishopric which is called Cagayàn includes under its jurisdiction the provinces of Pangasinàn, from the point of Bolinào.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference

May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference

Barrow is a suffragan bishopric in the diocese of Carlisle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

Barking is a suffragan bishopric in the diocese of St Albans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference

Bartholomew de Las Casas, has presented him to this bishopric.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference

Giambattista of Aquila; among them are some in the bishopric of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference

It is the seat of a bishopric and of a superior court of justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

Madame -- (interrupting her) -- A bishopric offered to Madame de S.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Russia, he received the bishopric of Constance, part of the Rhenish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

At the time of the conversion of the abbacy into a bishopric, when the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ely Cathedral] Reference

He received the bishopric of Albano and afterwards that of Palestrina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

The next event of public interest happened during the bishopric of John.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference

Ferdinand III. of Castile, who in 1248 transferred its bishopric to Jaén.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference

The bishopric, founded in the 3rd century, became an archbishopric in 1475.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

The bishopric of Vence, founded in 374, was afterwards united to that of Frejus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Rodez is the seat of a bishopric, the diocese of which comprises the department.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

This was executed by his virtuous son Tetricus -- who succeeded him in his bishopric.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

Soon after this Las Casas resigned his bishopric and the Emperor granted him a pension.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference

Anne Boleyn, the bishopric might still be a Palatinate and the estates of the canons inviolate. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Border Ghost Stories] Reference

Nicholas II. for leave to resign his bishopric, and return to his solitude; but could not obtain it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

Lucretia succeeded in securing the bishopric of Reggio for the latter and also a house in Rome for the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference

A bishopric has been offered these messieurs, I know, on good authority; my husband had it from De l'Euvre.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

His call to the ministry, service in various fields and the election to the bishopric add further interest to the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

However, the nomination of his son to a bishopric on the day of his coronation shows that his resolution was not very earnest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference

Reverend Fray Bartholomew de Las Casas, has presented him to the bishopric of the city of Ciudad Real of the plains of Chiapa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference

"We see people rushing for visas, and emigration continues unabated," said Msgr. Boulos Nasrallah, of the Maronite bishopric of Jbeil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lebanon’s Exodus] Reference

In 1599 he was honoured with a cardinal's hat, and in 1602 was presented with the arch-bishopric of Capua: this, however, he resigned in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference