2. (loan) (personal noun) Bishop (title) - with this usage the word is capitaised.
Ka mate nei a Pīhopa Pererika Ākuhata Pēneti, ka whakatūria ko Pānapa hei pīhopa tuarua mō Aotearoa, i te tau 1951 (TTR 1998:131). / When Bishop Frederick Augustus Bennett died, Pānapa was appointed in 1951 as the second bishop of Aotearoa.
pīhopa matua
1. (loan) (noun) main bishop, archbishop.
Nō muri mai i taua tau anō i meinga hei pīhopa matua huri noa i te Hāhi, atu rawa atu ki te tau 1925 (TTR 1996:235). / Later that same year he was created the principal bishop of the whole church, retaining this position until 1925.
See also ākipīhopa
