A synod of the Western bishops held in 997 at the Imperial capital in Italy, Pavia, decided in Gregory V's favour and excommunicated John.

On 29 January 915 Oveco attended a council of bishops held in Zamora.

Mellitus attended a council of bishops held in Italy in February 610, convened by Pope Boniface IV.

At the last meeting of the bishops, held in November in Baltimore, the bishops criticized politicians who supported abortion rights but declined to suggest any church sanctions against them.

This decision was communicated to a synod of all the Maronite bishops held on October 7, 1743 and was unanimously accepted.

In an assembly of the French bishops held in Paris, 1655, an annual subsidy was voted to enable him to carry on his publications, the sum voted being subsequently doubled.

His was the first consecration of an American bishop ever held at St. Peter's.

On 14 August 1813 Gabriel Matar was elected patriarch, under the name Athanasius, by a synod of bishops held at Ain Traz Seminary.

The difference was turned into an ecclesiastical controversy when synods of bishops held in other provinces condemned the Asian practice.

At a conference of bishops held last month after the lower house approved the abortion legislation, the church issued a statement that most politicians interpreted as war on the ex-Communists.