Bishop

Bishop was a religious title. It was also the name of a chesspiece. (TV: The Sun Makers, The Androids of Tara, Silver Nemesis, The Wedding of River Song, Nightmare in Silver)
In 325, many Christian bishops convened the Council of Nicaea to settle a theological argument. (AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea)
In 1055, Sebastian Grayle was known as Bishop Leofric of Exeter. (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear)
Saint Nicholas had been the bishop of Myra seven hundred years before 1087. In that year, in Bari (Italy) there was a bishop too. (PROSE: Saint Nicholas's Bones)
In 1400, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister attended the the bishop of Sonning Palace's Epiphany feast. (AUDIO: The Doctor's Tale)
In 1555, Francois de Noailles was the Bishop of Aix. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy)
The mortician Gabriel Sneed claimed to have once worked on "the body of the bishop's nephew". (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
A corrupt Bishop who had concubines leashed to his belt attended the First Auction in Heaven during the Armistice of the War in Heaven. He purchased a trio of enslaved Angels and muttered things to the effect that he intended to present them to "his Holiness" to show up "the f*cking Protestants". (PROSE: Going Once, Going Twice)
Father Octavian was a "Bishop, Second Class" of the Church. (TV: The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone)
In the Divergent Universe, Bishop Parrash was head of the Church of Kabari. (AUDIO: Faith Stealer)
== Behind the scenes ==
* A generic bishop of the Church features as a character in the video game Doctor Who: Legacy.
== External links ==
Category:Religious ranks
Category:Titles and offices from the real world
Category:Christianity