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Bishopric

Bishopric, a diocese of a bishop. In the Church of England

New Zealand, Bishopric of, constituted by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 88.

Ripon, Bishopric of, created pursuant to the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.

Sodor and man, Bishopric of, annexed to the pro-vince of York by Henry VIII,

Madras, Bishopric of, established by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 85;

VIII; 3rd, containing the five cathedrals founded, together with new bishoprics, by Hen. VIII; 4th, the new cathedrals constituted since that

it was dissolved as a see and restored to the bishopric of London by Edward VI., and turned into a collegiate

a hospital aliened the lands holden in right of his bishopric, deanery, house, etc., without the assent of the chapter or

addressed to the sheriff, to restore the temporalities of a bishopric to the bishop elected and confirmed, Fitz. N.B.169.

by cession, in taking another benefice, by consecration to a bishopric, by resignation, or by deprivation, 1 Bl. Com. 388, 392.