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An episcopate really is a good governance structure. It’s got enough form to be able to do stuff, but not so much that the subsidiarity of local concerns is abandoned.

You see things like it arise in a variety of guises and in a variety of spheres of life.

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I'd like much more the Presbyterian and especially Reformed model, but there are good things in the Episcopal model, undoubtedly.

It also helps prevent (not absolutely) cults of personality from taking root.

it helps. That's a subsidiarity thing, too -- pastorates that are too long will create personality cults, but "too long" is a joint decision that is largely made by the local community and its leadership -- and in situations when that dynamic deteriorates, there's a tiered hierarchy available to help.

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