Word: diocesan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inhabitants. Its fairs, held on the feast of Saxon St. Etheldreda (or St. Audrey, whence the word tawdry), are still nominally run by the Bishop of Ely. There is not much else for His Lordship to do in Ely; nearby Cambridge has more religious life, and there the Ely diocesan conferences are held. Yet, because he is a member of the Established Church of England, drawing ?4,000 a year ($16,000) from the Government, the Bishop of Ely must live in his ancient see, in a Tudor palace whose whole top floor and one wing are closed...
After five years in office, the present (and 62nd) Bishop of Ely, Rt. Rev. Dr. Bernard Oliver Francis Heywood, concluded that he would be getting a bargain if he could sacrifice a fourth of his salary and give up the palace. Said the Bishop to his diocesan conference: "The idea that the Church is concerned largely with the upper classes is steadily growing, and I think it is due in part to the fact that we bishops are forced to live in vast houses which are symbols of aloofness. . . . We keep too many gardeners to grow too many vegetables...
...House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church accepted the resignation of Rt. Rev. Hayward Seller Ablewhite, Bishop of Northern Michigan, ordered his name stricken from its rolls. Reason: the Bishop is serving one to ten years in Jackson, Mich., prison for embezzling $99,000 in diocesan funds (TIME...
...affairs. Appointed interim head of the archdiocese by its board of consultors, the bishop may serve six months or more, for the Vatican takes its time about filling important posts. Chicago-born, an able pitcher 33 years ago at St. Viator's College, dynamic Bishop Sheil became a diocesan official 15 years ago, has been a bishop for ten. His fame is more than local: in 1930 he founded, and today heads, the Catholic Youth Organization, official body for 7,000,000 Catholic youngsters...
...forthright and say, as I frankly say ... that Mrs. Ablewhite and I have been at the Chez Paree, which we have enjoyed, and to other restaurants where shows have been as good or not as good. It is no crime to eat and drink for enjoyment. . . ." As for the diocesan finances, Bishop Ablewhite said he could reveal nothing until Bishop Tucker felt ready to release a formal statement which the Michigan bishop had sent him. After Bishop Ablewhite's hasty trip south, Bishop Tucker gave reporters a statement which upheld Bishop Ablewhite's personal honesty, cast some doubt...