Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch.
ORB: The Online Reference for Medieval Studies, 1999 It may be done by
coup,
impeachment
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements.
In ...
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invasion, or forced
abdication.
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, J.P.Sommerville, History Department, University of Wisconsin The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a
bishop, from ecclesiastical office.
Notable deposed politicians
Notable deposed monarchs
Notable deposed bishops
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Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria ( grc, Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ also ⲡⲓ̀ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲕⲓⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ; 376 – 444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444 ...
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Cyril Lucaris
Cyril Lucaris or Loukaris ( el, Κύριλλος Λούκαρις, 13 November 1572 – 27 June 1638), born Constantine Lucaris, was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Candia, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice). He later bec ...
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John Chrysostom
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Nestorius
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Photios I of Constantinople
Photios I ( el, Φώτιος, ''Phōtios''; c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled PhotiusFr. Justin Taylor, essay "Canon Law in the Age of the Fathers" (published in Jordan Hite, T.O.R., & Daniel J. Ward, O.S.B., "Readings, Cases, Materia ...
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Antipope Benedict XIII
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Antipope John XXIII
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The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism
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Robert Duncan,
VII Bishop of Pittsburgh
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Mark Lawrence,
XIV Bishop of South Carolina
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John-David Schofield,
IV Bishop of San Joaquin
See also
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Coup d'état
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Defrocking
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Motion of no confidence
References
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Changes in political power
Rulers deposed as children