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Very interested in politics, Bishop became the secretary of New Haven Colony from 1651 to 1658. He was very involved in the early governments of New Haven and Connecticut colonies, serving at various times as deputy to the legislature. He was a Representative in 1665 and served seven terms until 1668. [3] He was assistant judge from 1668 to ...
Catholicism portal. v. t. e. A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop or archbishop of a diocese or an archdiocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the (arch)bishop, the vicar general exercises the (arch)bishop's ordinary executive power ...
Catholic Church portal. v. t. e. A protosyncellus or protosynkellos (Greek: πρωτοσύγκελλος) is the principal deputy of the bishop of an eparchy for the exercise of administrative authority in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The equivalent position in the Western Christian churches is vicar general.
Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords: the Archbishops of Canterbury and of York, the Bishops of London, of Durham and of Winchester, and the next 21 most senior diocesan bishops (with the exception of the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of Sodor and Man).
List of Clerks of the Closet of the Sovereign's Household. Richard Jackson, Bishop of Hereford, 2023– [ 2] James Newcome, KCVO, [ 3] Bishop of Carlisle 2014–2023. Christopher Hill, KCVO, Bishop of Guildford 2005–2014. Jonathan Bailey, KCVO, Bishop of Derby 1997–2005. John Waine, KCVO Bishop of Chelmsford 1989–1997.
Bishop / Episcope: The Right Reverend (Rt. Rev.) Bishop John of Terirem, Bishop John, His Grace, Your Grace Titular/Auxiliary Bishop: same as for Bishops, above; Other Languages: Sayedna (Arabic), Despota (Greek), Vladika (Russian, Serbian) Priest : The Reverend Father (Rev. Fr.) John Smith, Father John
Arthur Chichester was the second son of Sir John Chichester [2] (d.1569), of Raleigh, Pilton, in North Devon, a leading member of the Devonshire gentry, a naval captain, and ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550–1551, and as Knight of the Shire for Devon in 1547, April 1554, and 1563, and as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1559.
John the Apostle[12] (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης; Latin: Ioannes[13] c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, [14] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he ...