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Synod of Antioch (341)
Local councils, NPNF II.14
Chapter 21
A bishop may not be translated from one parish to another, either intruding himself of his own suggestion, or under compulsion by the people, or by constraint of the bishops; but he shall remain in the Church to which he was allotted by God from the beginning, and shall not be translated from it, according to the decree formerly passed on the subject.
Notes · Ancient Epitome of Canon XXI
A bishop even if compelled by the people, and compelled by the bishops, must not be translated to another diocese.