Some bishops have obtained a reputation for a vocal defense of Church teaching regarding homosexuality.

But the lines are blurred, and some bishops in the official church have informally obtained the Vatican's blessing.

In 1876, the same bishop obtained the services of the Christian Brothers who opened their Dunedin school in that year.

In the 10th century the bishops obtained the temporal sovereignty of the city and the surrounding district, which thus became a prince-bishopric.

The bishop of Besançon, indeed, had obtained not only the Occitan but also the Latin version of the pamphlet, and had read both through with care, several times.

When he was ordained, however, the bishop obtained for him the rectory of Newington Butts, which he exchanged in 1698 for the rectory of Wood Norton and Swanton, Norfolk.

The bishops opposed this and, after a struggle lasting for several years, obtained a final settlement of this and other questions, a settlement, in the main, satisfactory to the bishops.

The bishops of Winchester owned the manor, and obtained the first charter for their "men of Taunton" from King Edward in 904, freeing them from all royal and county tribute.

As the power of territorial magnates dispersed, the bishops obtained the right to strike coinage, a sure sign of their secular power, and the seigneurial right to dispense justice.

In the tenth century the bishops obtained the temporal sovereignty of the city of Sarsina and the surrounding district.