When the bishop protested and threatened Miles with excommunication, Miles in response, sent his men to plunder the diocese of its resources.

The bishop of Lincoln however protested.

After the arrests, some bishops and cardinals protested; Bousquet threatened to cancel tax privileges for Catholic schools.

'You ask her to denounce her husband, or to condemn me,' the bishop protested.

But this backfired, as one Lithuanian bishop protested:

The German bishops protested and declared that the cathedral would be considered contaminated as long as the body stayed there.

The bishop protested and besieged the castle.

The Carmel at Lisieux, and a French bishop as well, protested vehemently against its publication.

Two bishops only protested against the usurpation and appealed to Rome.