n. 25B6; adjective
the former bishop : ONE-TIME, erstwhile, sometime, ex-, late; PREVIOUS, foregoing, preceding, earlier, prior, past, last.
in former times : EARLIER, old, past, bygone, olden, long-ago, gone by, long past, of old; poetic/literary of yore.
the former view : FIRST-MENTIONED, first.
future, next, latter.