Plural of Bishop: word derived from Greek episcopos episcopou ( EPI-: upon, up, at the front of, head of and skopeo ( 41 skeptomai;: observe, examine, protect, visit ): the guardian, the protector, the watchman. He is a priest administrator of a diocese which includes many parishes. The Christian Church was organized from the outset as the Roman Empire, in a vertical manner and as after all political States have done ( 41 Platonic inheritance;: down the Christians of a foot, over priests or presbyters, over the bishops and archbishops, and finally the Pope as primus inter pares, but the first. This organization has a social and geographic projection.