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Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (also BEHP, di-2-ethyl hexyl phthalate, DEHP, or dioctyl phthalate, DOP) is a phthalate , a branched-chain 2-ethylhexanol diester of phthalic acid. At normal temperature, it is a liquid with the viscosity similar to vegetable oil.
Bis(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl-6-carbopentoxyphenyl)oxalate Bis(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl-6-carbopentoxyphenyl)oxalate is a component of glowsticks. It is often used instead of the more conventional phenyl oxalate ester in practical formulations, as it gives significantly better quantum yield.
Bis(trimethylsilyl)amine Bis(trimethylsilyl)amine (also known as hexamethyldisilazane, or HMDS) a chemical reagent with molecular formula (CH3)3Si-NH-Si(CH3)3 which consists of ammonia substituted with two trimethylsilyl functional groups. It is a clear, colorless liquid that will hydrolize slowly upon exposure to water.
Bis(trimethylsilyl)sulfide Bis(trimethylsilyl) sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula ((CH3)3Si)2S. Often abbreviated (tms)2S, this colourless, vile-smelling liquid is a useful aprotic source of “S2-“ in chemical synthesis.
Bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium chloride Bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium chloride is the chemical compound with the formula [(C6H5)3P)2N]Cl, often written [(Ph3P)2N]Cl and abbreviated PPNCl. This colorless salt is a useful source of the PPN+ cation, which is used to isolate reactive anions.
Bisabolol Bisabolol, or more formally α-(-)-bisabolol or also known as levomenol, is a natural monocyclic sesquiterpene alcohol. It is a colorless viscous oil that is the primary constituent of the essential oil from German chamomile (Matricaria recutita).
Bisakol Bisakol (compound of Bisaya and Bikol) refers to the transitional languages in the Central Philippine language family, between Visayan languages and Bikol languages. They are usually classified by linguists as Visayan languages with a great deal of Bikol influence.
Bisaltae The Bisaltae were a Thracian people on the lower Strymon river, who gave their name to Bisaltia, the district between Amphipolis and Heraclea Sintica (the modern village of Zervokhori) on the east and Crestonice on the west. They also made their way into the peninsulas of Acte and Pallene in the south, beyond the river Nestus in the east, and are even said to have raided Cardia.
Bisaya The Bisaya or Visayan people is a multilingual ethnic group from the Philippines. They primarily live in the Visayas and northeastern Mindanao but others have migrated elsewhere in the Philippines, including Manila.
Bisaya (Borneo) The Bisaya are an indigenous people of northwestern Borneo, in Malaysia, concentrated around the Limbang river in northern Sarawak state. There are other related tribes called Kadazan-Dusun in Sabah and in Brunei.
Bisaya Magasin Bisaya Magasin is a weekly Cebuano magazine now published by the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, Philippines. It has the record of being the oldest magazine in Cebuano which is still published now, and "the most successful periodical in Cebuano" (CCP, p.
Bisbee/Douglas Copper Kings The Bisbee/Douglas Copper Kings were a baseball team in the independent Arizona-Mexico League. The league lasted for two seasons with three other teams in Sonora, Mexico, but came the semi-pro version of the Copper Kings in 2005.
Bisben The ancient Bisben Sheepdog is related to other Himalayan breeds and is sometimes mistakenly seen as a type of the Tibetan Mastiff. One of the key distinguishing features of the Bisben dog is its lupoid head, which is nothing like the common mastiff head type associated with its regional cousins.
Bisbigliando Bisbigliando ("whispering" in Italian) is a special tremolo effect on the harp where a chord or note is rapidly repeated at a low volume. Usually, the effect is achieved by both hands playing adjacent strings set to the same pitches.
Biscathorpe Biscathorpe is a small hamlet in Lincolnshire, England lying south West of Gayton le Wold near Louth, and on the south side of the A157. Sitting in the River Bain, the Viking Way traverses the site of the remains of the mediaeval village that lies here.
Biscayne Aquifer Biscayne Aquifer is a body of permeable rock under South Florida that is South Florida’s primary source of drinking water. The Biscayne aquifer is an unconfined aquifer, which means that top portion of the aquifer is the water table.
Biscayne Bay Biscayne Bay (BahĂ­a Vizcaina, in Spanish) is a lagoon that is approximately 35 miles (56 km) long and up to 8 miles (13 km) wide located on the Atlantic coast of south Florida. It is usually divided for purposes of discussion and analysis into three parts, North Bay, Central Bay and South Bay.
Biscoe Bay Biscoe Bay is a bay which indents the SW coast of Anvers Island immediately N of Biscoe Point, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-99, under Adrien de Gerlache, and named by him for John Biscoe, who may have landed there in February 1832.
Biscoe Islands Biscoe Islands is a chain of islands, of which the principal ones are Renaud, Rabot, Lavoisier (named Serrano by Chile and Mitre by Argentina) and Watkins, lying parallel to the W coast of Graham Land and extending 80 miles in a NE-SW direction. Named for John Biscoe, leader of a British expedition which explored the islands on February 17 and 18, 1832.
Biscoe Point Biscoe Point is a rocky point forming the SE side of Biscoe Bay, immediately N of Access Point on the S side of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot roughly surveyed the SW coast of Anvers Island in 1904.
Biscotasing, Ontario Biscotasing, often referred to as simply Bisco, is a railroad town in Northern Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1884 by Canadian Pacific Railroad as a railway construction town, and the first divisional point west of Sudbury.
Biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto) are crisp Italian cookies traditionally flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting them into half inch thick pieces, and reheating them to dry them out.
Biscuit Fire The Biscuit Fire was a wildfire that took place in 2002 that burned nearly 500,000 acres (2000 km²) in the Siskiyou National Forest in the states of Oregon and California. It was named for Biscuit Creek in southern Oregon.
Biscuit joiner A biscuit joiner or sometimes plate joiner is a woodworking tool used to join two pieces of wood together. A biscuit joiner uses a small (4" - 100mm) circular saw blade to cut a crescent shaped hole in the opposite edges of two pieces of wood or wood composite panels.
Biscuit tin Biscuit tins are rectangular or square tins originally designed to contain biscuits but the term is also used for similar shaped tins containing a variety of products. They are widely available throughout the world but especially in countries with strong connections with the UK.
Biscuit Tortoni Biscuit Tortoni is an ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons. It is said to be named after an Italian café owner in Paris in the 18th century.
Bise The bise is a northern wind, cold and generally dry, that blows from the north-east of France to the south of the Massif Central, where it is called bise noire ("black bise"). The bise can also come from the north-east in Touraine and Quercy and even from the east in Deux-Sèvres.
Bisect (philately) A Bisect is a genuine postal item like an original envelope, a wrapper or a postcard (or a fragment) showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied.
Bisector (music) In diatonic set theory, a bisector divides the octave approximately in half and may be used in place of a generator to derive collections for which structure implies multiplicity is not true such as the ascending melodic minor, harmonic minor, and octatonic scales. Well formed generated collections generators and bisectors coincide, such as in the diatonic collection.
Bisei Spaceguard Center The Bisei Spaceguard Center was established solely to track Asteroids and space debris. This debris, along with defunct spaceships, satellites as well as other small objects can present a hazard to operating spacecraft.
Biserica Neagră Biserica Neagră (German: Schwarze Kirche) is the main cathedral in Braşov, a city in south-western Transylvania, Romania. It was built beginning in the 1384 by the German community of the city and stands as the main Gothic style monument in the country, as well as being one of the most important Lutheran (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania) places of worship in the region.
Bisexism Bisexism is the discriminating views of bisexuals against monosexuals. Bisexists believe that limiting oneself to only one gender or sex is forced and discriminative, and due to social conditioning rather than free thought.
Bisexual erasure Bisexual erasure is a manifestation of biphobia characterized by dismissing, ignoring, removing or misstating/misidentifying references to bisexual people in the historical record, academic materials, the news media, and other primary sources. When done by homosexuals, it often takes the form of claiming these people as closeted homosexuals whose heterosexual relationships were merely for conformity and when done by heterosexuals, it is done for that very conformity.
Bisexual chic Bisexual chic is a cultural trend in which it becomes permissible, or even admired, to attest to bisexuality as one's sexual orientation. It has been observed societally in the Western World at various points since the 1970s.
Bisexual Resource Center Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) is a non-profit educational organization that has been serving the bisexual community since 1985. Headquartered in Boston MA, the BRC provides education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues.
Bisexuality in the Arab world Bisexuality has a universal history. People in most known societies have exhibited varying degrees of bisexuality, and most of what is called homosexuality and lesbianism in previous cultures is in fact bisexuality, (it should be noted, however, that the terms heterosexuality, bisexuality and particularly homosexuality, may not be appropriate in the historical context.
Bisha'a Bisha'a or Bisha (the ordeal by fire, trial by fire or fire test) is a ritual practiced today by some Bedouin tribes of the Judean, Negev and Sinai deserts for the purpose of lie detection. It is also practiced, and is said to have originated among some Bedouin tribes of Saudi Arabia.
Bishad Shindhu Bishad Shindhu is a poetic novel about the history of prophet Muhammad's grand son Hasan, especially Husayn's assassination, and the war for the throne of Khalifa (the supreme power of Muslims). It was written by Mir Mosarraf Hussain, one of the first modern Muslim Bengali writers.
Bishan Bishan is a neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore situated in the Central Region, measuring approximately three by three kilometres. Primarily a housing estate, Bishan houses the upper-middle classes and flats there are relatively more expensive than in other estates due to its central location.
Bishan Bus Interchange Bishan Bus Interchange (Chinese: 碧山巴士转换站) is a bus station serving Bishan New Town in Singapore. Located at Bishan Street 13, it is designed in a unique squarish configuration with the building wrapping around the bus parking area.
Bishan Community Library The Bishan Community Library is a new library in Bishan, Singapore which opened on 2 September 2006. Located in Bishan Central just behind Junction 8 Shopping Centre, it has a captive population of around 90,000 in the Bishan area, and is expected to help serve the needs of several nearby schools such as Catholic High School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College.
Bishan New Town Bishan New Town is public housing estate in the approximate geographic centre of Singapore. Bounded by Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, the Central Expressway, Braddell Road, and along the west of private housing off Upper Thomson Road to Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.
Bishan Singh Bedi Bishan Singh Bedi (sometimes spelt as Bishen Singh Bedi) born September 25, 1946 in Amritsar, is an Indian former cricketer who specialised in slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He played Test cricket for India and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet.
Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 碧山-大巴窑集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the central region of Singapore. The GRC consists the entire areas of Bishan, Toa Payoh and parts of Thomson.
Bishapur Bishapur (or Bishâpûr) is an ancient city situated south of modern Faliyan, Iran on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. The road linked the Sassanid capitals Istakhr (very close to Persepolis) and Ctesiphon.
Bisharin The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan; they live in the Atbai between the Nile River and the Red Sea, north of the Amarar and south of the Ababda. Population of about 42,000.
Bishfest 'Bishfest' was title given to a rock festival that took place on Saturday April 23 2006. It featured many of the more prominent local bands and was considered by many to be the greatest event hosted at the Sevenoaks Community Centre.
BishĹŤjo game A , also known as game of beautiful girls is a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive girl characters with typical aesthetic characteristics of manga and anime. Most bishĹŤjo games involve some kind of romanticism or seduction element, some becoming pornographic in the process.
Bishnois The Bishnois are a community of nature worshippers in the state of Rajasthan, India. They also have a sizeable presence in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra,Gujarat,Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.
Bishop (artillery) The Bishop was a British self-propelled artillery vehicle based on the Valentine tank. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self-propelled gun armed with the 25 Pounder gun-howitzer, the vehicle had numerous problems, was produced in limited numbers and was soon replaced by better designs.
Bishop (comics) Bishop (Lucas Bishop), is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero who is a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Whilce Portacio and artist/co-writer Jim Lee, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #282 (November 1991).
Bishop (Catholic Church) A bishop in the Catholic Church is a member of the College of Bishops, is an ordained minister, and holds the fullness of the priesthood. Bishops, known as Eparchs in the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches typically head local regions within the church known as dioceses in the West and Eparchies in the East.
Bishop (Mormonism) In Mormonism, the Bishop is the leader of a local congregation and an office of the Aaronic Priesthood. The Mormon concept of the office differs significantly from the role of bishops in other Christian denominations being in some respects is more analogous to a pastor or parish priest.
Bishop (porn star) 'Bishop' (real name unknown) is a male porn star of African American decent who appears in heterosexual-themed pornographic movies. In addition to performing, Bishop has also directed several videos, begining in 2004.
Bishop Allen Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, composed of drummer Jack Delamitraux, guitarist Justin Rice, and guitarist Christian Rudder. Vocal duties are shared among the band's members.
Bishop Amat Memorial High School Bishop Amat Memorial High School is a co-ed Catholic high school serving the San Gabriel Valley in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and was founded in 1957. The campus is located in La Puente, California, approximately 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in Los Angeles County.
Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town in County Durham in North East England. It is located approximately 12 miles northwest of Darlington and 12 miles southwest of Durham City at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless.
Bishop Auckland railway station Bishop Auckland railway station serves the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The station is the terminus of the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Bishop Carroll High School (Alberta) Bishop Carroll High School; part of the Calgary Catholic School District in Alberta, Canada; offers a unique program that allows students to work at their own pace in an individual environment. Students receive module packages from certain resource rooms and start to work on these packages.
Bishop Cotton Boys School Bishop Cotton Boys' School is an all-boys school for boarders as well as day scholars in Bangalore, Karnataka, India; the first of its kind in this part of the world to start the house system, organized games, school sports day (Last Post bugled from the tower) and the prefect system which were introduced almost at the same time as they were developed in England, admitted students without regard to race, religion, gender or national origin even before Indian independence.
Bishop Cotton Girls School Bishop Cotton Girls School, is an all-girls school for boarders as well as day scholars in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The first of its kind in this part of the world to start the house system, organized games, school sports day and the prefect system which were introduced almost at the same time as they were developed in England, admitted students without regard to race, religion, gender or national origin even before Indian independence.
Bishop Cotton School Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is the oldest boarding school in Asia, having been founded o­n 28th July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton, son of an Army Captain, who died leading his Regiment in battle. A scholar of Westminister, and a graduate of Cambridge, in 1836 he was appointed Assistant Master at Rugby by Doctor Thomas Arnold, o­ne of the founders of the British Public School system.
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School Bishop Eustace Preparatory School is a coeducational private high school in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, which was founded in 1954 by the priests and brothers of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (The Pallottines). The school was named after Bishop Bartholomew J.
Bishop Ford Freeway The Bishop Ford Freeway, formerly known as the Calumet Expressway, is a portion of Interstate 94 in northeastern Illinois, south of downtown Chicago. It runs from Interstate 57 south to the intersection with Interstate 80, Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) and Illinois Route 394.
Bishop George Ahr High School Bishop George Ahr High School, also known as Bishop Ahr, Ahr or BGA, is a four-year, private, coeducational Roman Catholic high school located on a thirty-six acre campus in the northern section in Edison, New Jersey. It is a member of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, which is headed by Bishop Paul G.
Bishop Hedley High School Bishop Hedley High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school, established in 1967, and located in Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil. The vast majority of the pupils of the school stem from the Heads of the Valley, serving parishes from Aberdare, Hirwaun, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Vale, Gurnos, Dowlais, Tredegar, Rhymney and Ebbw Vale.
Bishop Henry Bishop Henry or Saint Henry (Piispa Henrik or Pyhä Henrik in Finnish) (died allegedly January 20 1156) is claimed to have been a Bishop of Uppsala, who according to a legend was martyred in Finland during a mission journey. Henry has not been officially canonized.
Bishop Charles Ellis Bishop Charles Ellis is pastor of Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan, one of the many megachurches in Michigan. He is known for his community services to Detroit, and the recently constructed (2003), 19-acre expanse of the new church, which has several hi-tech features.
Bishop Chatard High School Bishop Chatard High School is a Catholic co-educational preparatory high school located in the Broad Ripple district of Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States. It is named after Bishop Silas Chatard, who was the first Bishop of Indianapolis, and oversaw the movement of the diocese from Vincennes to Indianapolis in 1898.
Bishop Chu Chi Zui Bishop Chu Chi Zui, born in 1923 in China, he studied for the Priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church after completing university studies in law. Working in Xinjiang provence following his ordination to the priesthood, he came under the eye of Communist leaders following the 1949 peoples revolution.
Bishop James Madison Society The Bishop James Madison Society is a secret society of the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Students founded the society in the year 1812 as a tribute to the life of the late Bishop James Madison, eighth president of William and Mary and cousin to the U.
Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award The Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award (BWD or Bishop Walker Dinner) is an award presented annually by Africare to recognize those whose work has made a significant impact on raising the standard of living in Africa.
Bishop Kelley High School Bishop Kelley High School is a Lasallian Catholic high school with over 900 students, grades 9 to 12, located in the center of the Tulsa metropolitan area on a campus of over 37 acres (150,000 m²). The school is a function of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and operates in the Lasallian tradition of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers).
Bishop Kenny High School Bishop Kenny High School has served the young people of northeast Florida for more than fifty years. Since its founding in 1952 BK has earned a proud reputation not only for academic excellence and a winning athletic program, but also for the many ways that our students reach out in service to the community.
Bishop mark The bishop mark was first introduced in 1661 to show the receiver of a letter the date on which it was received by the post and to ensure that letters were not delayed in being dispatched. These marks were all struck in black ink, usually on the rear of the letter.
Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School is a Catholic secondary school located on the far south tip of the city of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the three high schools owned and operated by the Wellington Catholic District School Board, all of which are located within the city limits of Guelph.
Bishop McDevitt High School Bishop McDevitt High School is a private, coeducational Catholic high school of the Diocese of Harrisburg, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1918 and renamed in 1957 to honor the memory of the Most Reverend Philip R.
Bishop Milner Roman Catholic School Bishop Milner Roman Catholic School is a secondary school located in Dudley, West Midlands, England. It was built in 1958 to serve the township of Dudley, and was one of the first catholic secondary schools in the midlands.
Bishop Montgomery High School Bishop Montgomery High School (commonly referred to as "BMHS" or simply "Bishop" by students) is a Catholic high school serving twenty-five parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. BMHS was founded in 1957, and staffed by the Sisters of St.
Bishop Museum The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawai'i State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural and scientific artifacts.
Bishop of Argyll The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld formed into the new diocese.
Bishop of Barbados The Anglican diocese of Barbados was set up in 1824, as one of two covering the whole Caribbean. Before that, the area was nominally under the charge of the Bishop of London, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards.
Bishop of Bedford The Suffragan Bishop of Bedford is a post in the Church of England, responsible to the Bishop of St Albans, together with the Suffragan Bishop of Hertford. The bishopric comprises 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire.
Bishop of Beverley The Bishop of Beverley is a Bishop Suffragan in the Province of York. The bishop is termed a Provincial Episcopal Visitor and has responsibility for those parishes which, through conscience, feel unable to accept the ordination of women to the priesthood.
Bishop of Brechin The Bishop of Brechin was the ecclesiastical head of the medieval Diocese of Brechin or Angus, based at Brechin Cathedral, Brechin. The diocese had a long-established Gaelic monastic community which survived into the 13th century.
Bishop of Caithness The Bishop of Caithness was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Caithness, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first bishop was one Aindréas, a Gael who spent much if not indeed all of his career outside his see.
Bishop of Coventry The Bishop of Coventry is the Ordinary of the England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield.
Bishop of Dover Suffragan bishop of the diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. Unlike the other 3 suffragans in the diocese, he holds the additional title of "Bishop in Canterbury" and is empowered to act almost as if he were the diocesan bishop of Canterbury, since the actual diocesan bishop (the Archbishop of Canterbury) is so frequently away fulfilling national and international duties.
Bishop of Dunblane The Bishop of Dunblane or Bishop of Strathearn was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunblane/Strathearn, one of medieval Scotland's thirteen bishoprics. It was based at Dunblane Cathedral, now a parish church of the Church of Scotland.
Bishop of Dunkeld The Bishop of Dunkeld was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Cormac. However, the first known abbot dates to the 10th century, and it is often assumed that in Scotland in the period before the 12th century, the roles of both bishop and abbot were one and the same.
Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. He is an Anglican bishop in the province of York, and sits in the House of Lords.
Bishop of Ebbsfleet In the Church of England, the bishop of Ebbsfleet is a provincial episcopal visitor for the whole Province of Canterbury, licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a "flying bishop" to visit parishes throughout the province who are uncomfortable with the ministrations of their local bishop who has participated in the ordination of women. The role is named after Ebbsfleet.
Bishop of Elmham (Catholic) In 1969 the Catholic Church revived the title Bishop of Elmham, assigning it to an Auxiliary Bishop, first of the Catholic Bishop of Northampton, and then later to other similar figures so that it is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
Bishop of Galloway The Bishop of Galloway, also called the Bishop of Whithorn, was the eccesiastical head of the Diocese of Galloway, said to have been founded by Saint Ninian in the mid-5th century. The subsequent Anglo-Saxon bishopric was founded in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and the first known bishop was one Pehthelm, "shield of the Picts".
Bishop of Glasgow The Bishop of Glasgow was the ecclesiatical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then, as Archbishop of Glasgow, the Archdiocese of Glasgow. The bishopric as a functional Glasgow institution originates in the period of the reign of David, Prince of the Cumrbians, but the earliest attested bishop was Michael, who may have been no more than a nominal appointee of the Archbishop of York.
Bishop of Kensington The Bishop of Kensington is one of four Suffragan bishops of the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The office is responsible for a part of Greater London including Kensington, Hounslow, Hampton, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Spelthorne.
Bishop of Lindisfarne (modern) In 1970 the Catholic Church revived the Saxon title of Bishop of Lindisfarne, assigning it as a titular see with the two titular bishops who have served so far, functioning as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Westminster (Catholic-hierarchy.org).
Bishop of Maidstone In the Church of England, the Suffragan Bishop of Maidstone is a second assistant/suffragan bishop of the diocese of Canterbury, in a similar though subordinate role to that of the Bishop of Dover. The role is named after Maidstone.
Bishop of Mainz The title of Bishop of Mainz was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. The Diocese of Mainz is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.
Bishop of Moray The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. If the foundation charter of the monastery at Scone is reliable, then the Bishopric of Moray was in existence as early as the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland (1107–1124), but was certainly in existence by 1127, when one Gregoir ("Gregorius") is mentioned as "Bishop of Moray" in a charter of king David I of Scotland.

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