Another bishop, Cratinus, may have assisted at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

The suffragan bishop of Guildford assisted the Bishop of Winchester in overseeing the diocese.

Six bishops from various parts of the country assisted at the ceremony.

Joseph Dixon (1852-66), the next primate, held a synod in Drogheda in 1854, at which all the northern bishops assisted.

At that time it had six bishops, a score of missionaries, assisted by 135 native priests; in the various missions there were nine seminaries with 250 students, and 300,000 Christians.

The last known bishop assisted at the Photian Council in Constantinople (879).

The bishop thanked Barnaby Miln for looking after Sir Derek and assisted him in finding alternative accommodation.

As Primate of Armagh he held an important synod in 1854, at which all the bishops of the northern province assisted with their theologians.

Another bishop, Simeon, assisted at the Council of Carthage in 525.

Women helped the bishop of the ward assist the poor by collecting and disbursing funds and commodities.