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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.
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No one ended the spiritual authority of priests and bishops. The only way that could be done would be for a higher Church authority to dissolve the Holy Orders of a particular person or group of persons - excommunication. Various emperors have limited the secular authority of clergy but they could not end the spiritual authority as that comes from God.

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Priests have authority in their parish, bishops have authority in a diocese

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