Word: bishops
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Thus wrote Pope Pius XII in his last will and testament, found after his death last week in a safe in his study. But the remains of Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, were not "laid simply" away. Before the great altar in St. Peter's, where only the Pope may say Mass, the body of Pius XII lay in state for three days. Then, after final absolution, it was placed in a triple coffin (oak, lead and cypress) and interred in the most sacred spot in Christendom-below the Bernini altar near...
...Miami Beach last week 146 bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church elected a new presiding bishop to succeed Boston's Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill who, after almost twelve years in the post, next month reaches the mandatory retirement age of 68. The new "P.B.": the Rt. Rev. Arthur C. Lichtenberger, 58, Bishop of Missouri since...
Sarcastically, he reviewed the recommended procedure: "If the demon seems at all active, the priest or doctor should refer it to the bishop. Then, if the demon understands Latin and the bishop thinks a case has been made for exorcism, he should consult a panel of priests and doctors for diagnosis. After the panel has reported, the bishop may proceed to do something about it. But what is the demon going to do? He may be an Anglican demon-or he may lack completely the kind of intelligence an Anglican shows when an appeal is made to the bishop...
...candidate came forward-pretty, blonde Britta Olen, 30, daughter of a vicar and already fully qualified for ordination. Scheduled to be married by year's end and to do mission work in South Africa with her missionary husband, she hopes she will find a bishop to ordain her before she leaves...
Died. The Rt. Rev. George Kennedy Allen Bell, 75. Anglican Bishop of Chichester from 1929 until his retirement in January, vigorous anti-Nazi who sharply deplored British saturation bombing of German cities, once (1942) interceded unsuccessfully for a group of German conspirators who wanted British Government acquiescence in a plot to kill Hitler, and was a stern advocate of nuclear disarmament; in Canterbury, England...