Examples of 'was the first bishop' in a sentence

Meaning of "was the first bishop"

was the first bishop: This phrase suggests that a specific individual held the position of the initial or inaugural bishop within a religious or ecclesiastical hierarchy. It signifies that this person was the first to occupy the role of a bishop in that particular context

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was the first bishop
He was the first bishop there to ordain women.
It is believed that he was the first bishop of Jerusalem.
He was the first bishop ordained in the cathedral.
His legend states that he was the first bishop of Évreux.
He was the first bishop to preside over the convention.
It is said that he was the first Bishop of Glasgow.
He was the first bishop of the diocese.
Mar Mathew Pothanamuzhy was the first bishop of the eparchy.
He was the first bishop of Sees whose presence is attested.
John Franklin Spalding was the first bishop of the diocese.
He was the first bishop ordained in Indiana.
This is often interpreted to imply that Peter was the first Bishop of Rome.
Ntagali was the first bishop consecrated by Orombi.
That Peter went to Rome and was the first bishop in Rome.
He was the first bishop of Cuernavaca.

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Mar Clemens Thottungal CMI was the first bishop of the eparchy.
Asbury was the first bishop in our Methodist heritage.
They claim that Peter was the first Bishop of Rome.
He was the first bishop of Henan.
Emilianus is the patron of Trevi, of which he was the first bishop.
Titcomb was the first bishop of Rangoon.
Saint Meinhard, known from the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, was the first bishop of Üxküll.
He was the first bishop who is known to have been born in Finland.
According to tradition, he was the first Bishop of Alexandria in Egypt.
He was the first bishop of Rome at the end of the first century.
It should be noted, that Ísleifsson 's father was the first bishop of Iceland ( Íselifur Gissurarson ).
He was the first bishop of Quimper.
Fedele Savio, in fact, argues that Maximus was the first bishop of Turin.
John Daly was the first bishop of the new diocese.
In Auvergne in Gaul, St. Austremonius, who was the first bishop of that region.
He was the first Bishop to be buried in the Cathedral.
His brother, Antoine Racine, was the first Bishop of Sherbrooke.
He was the first bishop of Faenza of Bolognese origin.
A younger brother, Edward Twells, was the first Bishop of Bloemfontein.
Agricola was the first Bishop of Turku who was married.
At Würzburg in Germany, St. Burchard, who was the first bishop of that city.
Works where was the first Bishop palace in Pernambuco.
It was made a cathedral in 1961, and Francisco Ferreira y Arreola was the first bishop.
He either was the first bishop or succeeded Saint Domnius as bishop.
Jan ( Latin, Johannes ) was the first bishop of Wrocław.
He was the first Bishop of what is now the Archdiocese of Nanjing.
In 794, Hildebald ( or Hildebold ) was the first Bishop of Cologne to be appointed archbishop.
He was the first bishop serving the Atlanta diocese who was a native-born Georgian.
Hubertus was the first Bishop of Liège.
Was the first bishop of Nusco in Irpinia, southern Italy.
His brother Samuel was the first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
He was the first Bishop of Carthage to obtain the crown of martyrdom.
Henry Gregory Thompson was the first Bishop of Gibraltar, until his resignation in 1927.
He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China.
Denis was the first Bishop of Paris.

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