Abiding faith, which bishops, priests and lay people of the church possess - together, constant and throughout time - will endure.

In this system, the bishop of the capital of each province (the metropolitan) possessed certain rights with regard to the bishops of other cities of the province (suffragan).

Every bishop possesses the authority given by the Church and for the Church.

Only a bishop possesses the power to confer the sacrament of Holy Orders.

The local bishops possessed much power and authority--and frequently their own armies, also.

The bishop and ministers possessed most of the authority in the conference, allowing for little local autonomy.

The missionary bishop might possess the tongue of an angel, he might be sent by God, but he was still going to place her only son in mortal danger.

He hailed from the "city of towers (tors)" in Marseille (Marseilha), a district wherein the local bishop possessed many towers.

In the first class of cases, bishops do not possess oridary jurisdiction.

The Catholic Church doctrine of the sedes apostolica (apostolic see) which states that every bishop of Rome, as Peter's successor, possesses the full authority granted to this position.