?In France before the French Revolution, representatives of the clergy ? in practice, bishops and babbots/b of the largest monasteries ? comprised the First bEstate/b of the bEstates/b-General, until their role was abolished during the French Revolution. ... The Bishop of Sodor and Man, whose diocese lies outside of the United Kingdom, is ex officio a member of the Legislative Council of the bIsle/b of Man. In the past, the Bishop of Durham, known as a prince bishop, had extensive ...
