List of deposed politicians
Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication. The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical office.
Deposed politicians at local level
Notable deposed bishops
- Cyril of Alexandria
- Cyril Lucaris
- John Chrysostom
- Nestorius
- Photios I of Constantinople
- Antipope Benedict XIII
- Antipope John XXIII
- The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism
- Robert Duncan, VII Bishop of Pittsburgh
- Mark Lawrence, XIV Bishop of South Carolina
- John-David Schofield, IV Bishop of San Joaquin