21.   He is believed to be the first bishop to say so publicly since January, when Law acknowledged shuffling a priest accused of molesting children from parish to parish.

22.   He succeeded J. Keith Symons, the first U.S. bishop to resign because of sexual involvement with boys.

23.   He was the first German bishop to come under criminal investigation.

24.   Hundreds of devoted Catholics packed the Laredo Civic Center as church officials formally established the Diocese of Laredo and installed its first bishop, the Most Rev. James Tamayo.

25.   Symons was first U.S. bishop to resign due to sexual involvement with boys.

26.   The first Anglican bishop to defect from the Church of England after it voted to ordain women was received Friday by Pope John Paul II.

27.   The move follows the election of the Rev. Vashti McKenzie as the first female bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

28.   Two years later, Bishop J. Keith Symons of Palm Beach, Florida, became the first U.S. bishop to resign after admitting molestation.

29.   Vanuatu declares a national holiday to welcome its first Roman Catholic bishop.

30.   Motorised versions followed four years later thanks to Father Thevenoud, the first bishop of Ouagadougou, where a street still bears his name.