As they have no diocesan bishops of their own, on this ground it may well be denied that they form a Church.

因为他们没有教区主教，他们自己的，基于这个理由，它很可能会否认他们组成一个教堂。

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The meeting was attended by three bishops and two diocesan administrators.

出席这次会议的董事包括山西省三位主教及两位教区长。

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Opponents of women bishops were not satisfied with the provisions for them in the measure - these required diocesan bishops to appoint stand-in bishops for them, in a manner which "respected" their views.

BBC: UK

The documents that have been disclosed reveal that some bishops in the bankrupt dioceses presented the diocesan funds of parishes, schools, hospitals and retirement accounts as separate when they were really simply book-keeping entries in the same pooled investment account.

ECONOMIST: The Catholic church in America