A bishop is an ordained person who holds a specific position of
authority in any of a number of Christian churches. The bishop's
role is typically called the "episcopacy", because the word
"bishop" is derived ultimately from the Greek word episkopos
(επισκοπος), which literally means overseer. Episkopos is used
in the New Testament in the epistle of St Paul to Timothy 3:1-7
and Paul's epistle to Titus 1:5-9, which contains a description
for the bishop's qualifications and duties. The bishop's stated
duties entail administration; the bishop is described as the
"steward of God." (Titus 1:7, KJV) Those duties also include
teaching; the bishop is enjoined to "hold fast the faithful
word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound
doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." (Titus
1:9) The bishop must be even-tempered, sober, just, holy, and
temperate; he should not be a novice Christian. A bishop is
expected to rule his own house well, "having all his children in
subjection with all gravity