It would be different if that meant that the rejection was based upon a real understanding of Catholicism, but ore often that not the "dislike" is based upon nothing more than ignorant hatred.
"There are not more than 100 people in the world who truly hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they perceive to be the Catholic Church." - Bishop Fulton Sheen
I'd say your Bishop was seriously mistaken...It makes for good press tho...