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Bishops were appointed to a particular "See", which was an area centered on a cathedral but which might include many outlying towns and villages.
They had control over all the clergy within their own See: priests, deacons, deans, archdeacons, canons, acolytes and others; they enforced Canon Law over not only the clergy but all the population within the area; they were responsible for maintaining Church records; they inspected monasteries and other institutions to ensure that rules were being applied strictly; they conducted services within their own cathedral and headed the staff of the cathedral; they controlled church finances and incomes in their own See; they attended religious conferences known as synods, which might involve travelling to anywhere in Europe where the meeting was arranged (such synods were conducted in Latin so language difference was not a problem).
Bishops were under the control of archbishops (in England there were two: Canterbury and York).
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