Back to the Future!  In the early Church the laity had a dominate (Vox Populi) say in the election of their bishop (overseer).   It was only after Constantine that this changed.  By then the Church was viewed more as an instrument of the State and the Emperor replaced the laity as the dominate factor in the selection of bishops. And it was all downhill after that.  The bishop-candidates should be reviewed by a local priest/laity group and its recommendation passed on to the Nunico who would be hard pressed to ignore such findings.