Archbishop of Bovido Has

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The **Archbishop of Bovido Has** (Latin: **Archiepiscopus Bovidonis Has**) was the *de-facto* head of state for the Holy Empire of Bovido Has between 1817 and 2021, with two brief interludes in 1981-83 and 2020-21 when the supreme leader of the nation did not possess the title.

Though technically an extra-governmental title, the archbishop was legally responsible for the appointment of the Emperor of Bovido Has from 1895 onwards, and thus was able to control the composition of the government; following Abel Barak's failed 1917 coup, it became tradition for the archbishop to appoint themselves as emperor and thus impose themselves as leader of all branches of government. Prior to the creation of the role of emperor, the archbishop effectively reigned supreme over the nation. Only once since it's inception until it's dissolution was the title of archbishop vacant, during the Purba Revolution. In 2021 following the death of Archbishop Syli Dean and the destruction of the Bovido Hassian state, the title of archbishop fell out of use as it was combined with the state authority of the imperial throne to create the title of Cardinal of the Holy Clergy in Anton Ujung's Jerusalem Bovido remnant state.

## Former Archbishops

### Omar Joash (1817 - 1859)

Just 6 years later in 1817 Ismachiah Joash died from Tuberculosis. In the wake of his death, the new Bovido Hasain government was formed by Omar Joash. This new government put a larger focus on the clergy and a lesser focus on the installed monarchist leadership. The new clergy’s Archbishop was to become the official head of state, at that time the archbishop and the emperor were both Omar Joash. Who is now widely considered a reformist by the people of Bovido Has and in 1943 he was canonised as a Saint. In 1859 Omar Joash died from influenza,and for the first time in Bovido Hasain history the archbishop and emperor were two different people, the archbishop and the new official head of state was Mattathias Jude

### Mattathias Jude (1859 - 1897)

The region of Mattathias Jude, from 1859 to 1897 was largely uneventful until his murder in 1897. The killer is still unknown. Succeeding Mattathias Jude was the aggressive expansionist, Nicolas Ujung (also the first non-white archbishop).

### Nicolas Ujung (1897 - 1913)

Succeeding Mattathias Jude was the aggressive expansionist, Nicolas Ujung (also the first non-white archbishop). Nicolas Ujung in his first year in power guided the formation of both the HNL and the HHL, which he then used to seize control of the rest of the Indonesian islands over 1897 to 1899. Just one year after the first campaign Nicolas Ujung ordered the invasion of the Philippines and East Timor these took place over 1900 to 1903. Then in 1904 he ordered the invasion of Papua New Guinea and Singapore, then later from 1905 to 1913 his forces invaded Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Persia and Burma. It is rumoured Nicolas Ujung was planning for the invasion of Taiwan for 1914, however in November 1913 he died. He was succeed by his cousin Canaan Ujung.

### Canaan Ujung (1913 - 1923)

Like his cousin, Canaan Ujung was an equally aggressive expansionist who quickly made plans for the invasion of Taiwan, which were to be carried out in June 1916. However this date was brought forward due to the creation of HAL in 1915, so in January 1916 the forces of Bovido Has invaded Taiwan the fighting was intense, and due to the guerrilla warfare of the Taiwanese the Bovido Hasain armed forces suffered it’s first ever loss. However just two months later in March a second invasion was launched, this one was far more successful and saw Taiwan invaded. Canaan Ujung next set his eyes upon Japan however the heads of the armed forces refused to mobilise, saying their forces were already over stretched. While Canaan Ujung planned to have the heads excited for treason, the emperor (Abel Barak 1895-1917) stepped in and ordered the armed forces to arrest Ujung, however the armed forces refused to help and turned the emperor over to the Archbishop, who had him imprisoned in 1917(Abel Barak later died in 1921 while in prison under suspicious circumstances). As a result of these events, the invasion of japan was called off and the clergy was favoured even more within the government ranks. Canaan Ujung died in 1923, and was succeed by Matthew Aquila, who refused to expand the empire any further.

### Matthew Aquila (1923 - 1938)

In 1938 Matthew Aquila died from a heart attack and his position was taken by Daniel Erastus

### Daniel Erastus (1938 - 1967)

Daniel Erastus was the leader of Bovido Has who in 1943 conducted the first ever successful nuclear test. Later in June 1944 Daniel Erastus promised to invaded Japan by 1950, in 1949 Japan was invaded and by December 1950 Japan surrendered. This marked the most recent expansion of Bovido Has. In 1967 Daniel Erastus died, and was succeed by Peter Purba

### Peter Purba (1967 - 1981)

Peter Purba who re-founded the templars and renamed them the nameless. Other wise his region was nothing of note other than the expansion of the WMB arsenal in 1972. Peter Purba died in 1981, he stated that he was to be succeed by his son Abram Purba, however this was a major breach in tradition as the clergy traditionally appointed the archbishop. Tensions eventually spiked with the murder of the Purba family by the nameless acting on the orders of the clergy. However upon learning of the family's deaths their supports, known as Purbains took to the streets to fight (through both peaceful and violent methods) against the action of the clergy, however it quickly became clear that the clergy would not stand for this, and as a result ordered military action. The Purbains were massacred in what became known as the Purba incident. As such after a brief period where there was no archbishop, the clergy appointed Michael Ezra as the archbishop in 1983.

### Michael Ezra (1983 - 2018)

Michael Ezra ruled as a benevolent, but iron fisted Archbishop, and began the process of rebuilding the country after the assassination of the Purba family. In the period that is widely regarded as the golden age of Bovido Has, Ezra re-constructed relations with the Libirachi Empire, which had dampened under Peter Purba, and set about reforming and updating neglected parts of the country. Many of the Has provinces received new leadership, and the dominion of Persia Has was permitted to form its own assembly, headed by Emanuel Parra. In early 2018 Michael Ezra died, and was succeed by Hazael Buller the Rightful in August 2018 (although he was officially appointed in January 2019).

### Hazael Buller (2018 - 2020)

Under Buller, the son of former Emperor Hagreev Buller, the country doubled down on its harshness and the military began to play a larger role in the running of the country. A series of purges and crusades were enacted against those who crossed the new Archbishop, but not before Persia Has was permitted to form the Persian Republic. As Buller began to assert himself in office, Bovido Has began a new program of expansion into Egypt, but met harsh resistance from the the Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood (جماعة الإخوان المسلمين المصرية), and their African campaign was halted. In 2020, the regime suffered catastrophic losses during the Hǔnluàn's Eastern Campaign, and Hazael Buller was assassinated on the 29th March, descending the Christian empire into chaos. While Arch-emirate Damal Clod attempted to keep the Has provinces under his control, Justus Obadiah split from Makassar and formed his own splinter region. On 31st March 2020, Syli Dean was appointed as the new Archbishop.

### Syli Dean (2020)

With the whole of Asia spiralling out of control, Bovido Has began to collapse under the pressure of the Has Wars, struggling to fight off 3 nations (the Libirachi Empire, Obadiah Has and the Emirate of Persia) and recapture fallen territory, all without a standing army. Within months of the conflict, Bovido Has ran out of fight and surrendered its capital after a gruelling invasion of Belitung. Refusing to align with the Emperor and his surrendering forces, Archbishop Syli Dean regathered the remainder of the Hassian New Army and fled to Japan, setting up Tokyo as their new capital. Obadiah Has continued to claw away Has provinces into its midst, and the Libirachi Empire began its invasion of the Northern Has, which was the only remaining territory controlled by the Tokyo Bovido in the Pacific.

## See Also

* Bovido Has
* Emperor of Bovido Has
* List of Leaders of Bovido Has
* Has Wars
* Lord's Grand Army
* Lord's Holy Army