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Example sentences for "became bishop"

  • Ednam was probably in an exceptional position: shortly after [thorn]is he became Bishop of Bangor; Le Neve, Fasti.

  • Wilfrid, who had been educated in Italy, became Bishop of York, with jurisdiction over the whole of Northumbria.

  • Santos used to send his coach for them and entertain them handsomely, but when, in 1624, he became Bishop of Solsona, although the singing continued, the coach and entertainment ceased and the musicians went unwillingly.

  • St. Maccaldus, a native of Down, became bishop of the Isle of Man.

  • Bishop Raoul's nephew, Guillaume de Beaumont, became bishop of Angers, and in 1236 donated land from his garden for the erection of the northern arm of the transept.

  • Honest Tom {325} Musgrave, as he used to be called, became Bishop of Hereford, and Archbishop of York.

  • In time he became Bishop of Chester, and then, Archbishop of Canterbury.

  • In 1545 he became bishop of Cività Ducale.

  • Entering the Church he became Bishop successively of St. David's, Oxf.

  • After holding other benefices he became Bishop of Bath and Wells, and a Chaplain to Charles II.

  • He became Bishop of Ely in 1509, and is buried in the Ely Chantry at Manchester.

  • In the course of the next twenty-one years he rose rapidly, filling various offices until he became Bishop of Winchester and Lord High Chancellor of England.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    became aware; became chief; became conscious; became convinced; became editor; became evident; became exceedingly; became first; became highly; became interested; became involved; became known; became minister; became pastor; became secretary; became silent; been described; constant source; great effulgence; leaves more; not without; prisoners captured; slavery were; this night; volunteer aide; yards apart