We were like bishops of opposite color.

- Boris Spassky

I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.

- Hans Kung

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

- Kitty Kelley

Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!

- Michael Leunig

There are no training courses to make people bishops. You have to learn on the job.

- Peter Hollingworth

Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically.

- Richard Dawkins

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

- Rowan Williams