Includes bibliographical references.

The "unities" of the Episcopal office / David M. Coffey -- A liturgical theology of the episcopacy / Susan K. Wood -- The bishop as preacher / Walter J. Burghardt -- The bishop's teaching office / Francis A. Sullivan -- Reflections on what an abbot of a monastic community brings to the role of bishop in the church / Daniel W. Kucera -- Episkopé and episcopacy in modern Orthodox-Catholic dialogue : an Orthodox perspective / John H. Erickson -- The Roman Catholic bishop in ecumenical perspective / Michael Root -- The role of the local bishop in Catholic-Jewish relations / Michael A. Signer -- Common ground : a ministry of unity / Oscar H. Lipscomb -- Developing a new way of teaching with authority / Bradford E. Hinze -- Partners in the mystery of redemption / Dianne Bergant -- The challenge of peace and economic justice for all : reflections twenty years later / Kenneth R. Himes -- The bishop and the proclamation of biblical justice / John R. Donahue -- Aesthetics and Episcopal leadership : teaching, sanctifying, and governing analogically / Edward Foley -- Epilogue: And a little child shall lead them / David A. Stosur.