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search  A chorbishop is a rank of Christian clergy below bishop.
The name chorepiscope or chorepiscopus (pl chorepiscopi) is
taken from the Greek Χωρεπίσκοπος and means rural bishop.
Chorepiscopi are first mentioned by Eusebius as existing in the
second century.[1] In the beginning, it seems the chorepiscopi
exercised regular episcopal functions in their rural districts,
but from the late third century they were subject to city or
metropolitan bishops. The Synod of Ancyra (314) specifically
forbade them to ordain deacons or priests. The Council of
Sardica (343) decreed that no chorepiscopus should be
consecrated where a priest would suffice,[1] and so the
chorepiscopi in the Byzantine Church gradually disappeared.[2]
The first mentions of chorepiscopi in the Western church are
from the 5th or 6th century, where they were found mainly in
Germany (especially Bavaria) and the Frankish lands, and
disappeared by the 11th or 12th century.[3] In the Weste