Questions about the degree to which they cooperated with the Communist state hound the senior bishops at every turn.

A primate is the most senior bishop of a member church.

Then in late 1962, the board of bishops moved to nominate a new senior bishop.

At his death, he was the senior bishop by date of consecration in the entire Catholic Church.

We have seen, then, that in the episcopacy, led by the senior bishop of Rome.

Changes to planning rules are "dangerous", as they could leave communities at the mercy of developers' bulldozers, according to a senior bishop.

When he died he was the Church's most senior bishop, having been consecrated 63 years earlier.

In 1896, he was acknowledged as the senior bishop in the Anglican communion.

He did not have the support of senior bishops.

However, many senior bishops have voiced disappointment at his decision to resign.