What was the role of a bishop in the Catholic church?
A. a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese.
B. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and
ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
C. a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make
sacrificial offerings.
D. the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
E. a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or
archdiocese.
F. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.