[kawaii]

That said both east and west churches have sometimes honored bishops who were appointed by governments, or with questionable ordinations. It isn't a defacto defrocking on the basis of either though defrocking them is possible.

[Nihil Obstat]

correct as usual. But just to clarify - the apostolic succession occurs with the ordination/consecration, not with the appointment. It's like the difference between being president and president-elect.

[wagglebee]

That said both east and west churches have sometimes honored bishops who were appointed by governments, or with questionable ordinations.

But never when the appointing government was made up of avowed atheists.