ðə kˈaʊnsəl ʌv sˈɑːɹdɪkə θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː dᵻkɹˈiːd ðæt nˈoʊ kˈoːɹpɪskˌɑːpəs ʃˌʊd biː kˈɑːnsɪkɹˌeɪɾᵻd wˌɛɹ ɐ pɹˈiːst wʊd səfˈaɪs, ænd sˌoʊ ðə kˌoːɹpɪskˈoʊpi ɪnðə bˈɪzɐntˌiːn tʃˈɜːtʃ ɡɹˈædʒuːəli dˌɪsɐpˈɪɹd.
The Council of Sardica (343) decreed that no chorepiscopus should be consecrated where a priest would suffice, and so the chorepiscopi in the Byzantine Church gradually disappeared.