Episcopacy
41Apostolic Succession — is the concept in Christianity that the succession of bishops, in uninterrupted lines, is historically traceable back to the original twelve apostles [Oskar Sommel, Rudolf Stählin Christliche Religion, Frankfurt 1960, 19] Within Catholic… …
42Austro-Hungarian Monarchy — The Austro Hungarian Monarchy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Austro Hungarian Monarchy By this name is designated the European monarchy whose dominions have for their main life distributing artery the River Danube, in its course from… …
43John Hampden — (c. 1595 ndash; 1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman… …
44Independent Catholic Churches — are Christian denominations (or ) which claim apostolic succession for their bishops but are not a part of the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Old Catholic Churches under the Archbishop of Utrecht or the… …
45Diocese of Aberdeen — This article is about the historical diocese of the Scottish church. For the modern resurrected Roman Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen. For other uses, see Diocese of Aberdeen (disambiguation). Diocese of Aberdeen Head… …
46Bishops in the Church of Scotland — Like most Reformed Churches, the Church of Scotland has a presbyterian structure which invests in a hierarchy of courts the authority which other denominations give to bishops. Nevertheless, the Church of Scotland does have the concept of a… …
47Lloyd Christ Wicke — was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1948. When he died in 1996 he was the oldest of the 117 active and retired U.M. Bishops at that time, as well as the last one elected during the decade of… …
48Alexander Rose — infobox bishopbiog name = Alexander Rose See = Diocese of Edinburgh Title = Bishop of Edinburgh Period = 1687 ndash;1689 consecration = 1687 Predecessor = John Paterson Successor = Episcopacy abolished post = Professor of Divinity, University of… …
49James Ramsay (bishop) — infobox bishopbiog name = James Ramsay religion= Church of Scotland See = Diocese of Ross Title = Bishop of Ross Period = 1684 ndash;1689 consecration = Predecessor = Alexander Young Successor = Episcopacy abolished post = | ordination = bishops …
50J. Delano Ellis — J. Delano Ellis, II, an African American prelate, is a leader in African American Pentecostalism in the United States and is the founding President/Chairman of the Joint College of African American Pentecostal Bishops. Currently the senior pastor …
