In light of your comment, can you explain why Jesus chose uneducated, non clerical laypeople to be his apostles instead of the legitimate, trained, educated clerics of his day?

 Why did he choose the grass roots approach to building his kingdom rather than making himself king and imposing his personal will on everyone?

Bishops are called to be shepherds.  According to the Good Shepherd himself, some who call themselves shepherds are only hirelings who do not care about the sheep.  

Church leaders who do not listen to the people, who do not care about the people, or their needs, or their pain or their difficulties or their moral dilemmas are not good shepherds. 

The Holy Spirit speaks through the people too.