This General Convention approved the ordination of women to both the priesthood and the episcopate. Bishop Wheatley is opposed to the ordination of women to the episcopate. The Priesthood is supervised and instructed by the Episcopate, or Bishops. Some Lutheran church bodies claim to also have retained the historical episcopate and apostolic succession. Bishops with such authority are said to represent the historical episcopate or historic episcopate. Without bishops, the Methodist Church does not subscribe to the idea of an historical episcopate. Only unmarried men may be ordained to the episcopate. You surely admit that he is no bishop who during his episcopate begets children. Before Michele Ghislieri could return to his episcopate, Pope Pius IV died. During his episcopate, Loughlin founded 120 parishes. The Eastern Orthodox episcopate seems to have disappeared after the 11th century. On his elevation to the episcopate, he immediately constituted himself as the protector of monks. Brooklyn's Catholic Charities was reflected in his episcopate. This shows the historical succession of the episcopate within this church.