These regions had a resident bishop in each of the regions.

The resident bishop may commission them to full time ministry as "provisional" ministers.

Archbishop Carroll's successor as apostolic administrator would eventually be the diocese's first resident bishop of the 19th century.

It is a region presided over by a resident bishop that is similar to a diocese in other Christian denominations.

For many years he was the resident bishop of the Columbia (South Carolina) area.

By the fourth century, the Christian population grew sufficient to merit a resident bishop.

With the bishop not resident in the city, it was ruled by patricians (merchants carrying on long-distance trade).

He served as resident bishop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from then until his death in 1918.

But Greenland still had no resident bishop, whose presence was required for performing confirmations and for a church to be considered consecrated.

After his consecration he went to his diocese, long without a resident bishop.