The Renaissance began a process of secularization which has reduced the power of priests and bishops in Europe, although it would be a mistake to say that their power has ended completely. The Roman Catholic Church remains a wealthy and powerful organization with many devoted followers, although it is not the dominant power of Europe that it once was.
The authority of priests and bishops within the wider Christian church has not ended.Roman Catholic AnswerThe "authority" of priests and bishops is only a participation in the authority of Jesus Christ over His Church. They have no authority on their own, but only when they are speaking as His representatives. As such, their "authority" will last as that of Our Blessed Lord. As He created the entire world, then I suppose His authority, as exercised through His priests and Bishops, will last as long as the world lasts.
One reform that the National Assembly enact through the Civil Constitution of the Clergy is that it ended papal authority over the french church and dissolved convents and monasteries. Bishops and priests also became elected, salaried officials.
Bishops Castle Railway ended in 1935.
Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia ended in 1993.
Bishops Waltham railway station ended in 1962.
Bishops Lydeard railway station ended in 1971.
Bishops Cleeve railway station ended in 1960.
Wickham Bishops railway station ended in 1964.
Cable Authority ended in 1991.
Priests didn't cure the plague. No one cured it. The plague began and ended with cure.
The Chinese emperor Ended Trade with Europe and China
International Authority for the Ruhr ended in 1952.