Catholic bishop

A Catholic bishop is a high-ranking ordained minister in the Catholic Church who possesses the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing a diocese, and sanctifying the faithful through the sacraments.

Observed surface forms (26)

• Catholic priest ×63
• bishop ×24
• Doctor of the Church ×17
• Catholic cardinal ×16
• Roman Catholic bishop ×12
• Roman Catholic archbishop ×10
• archbishop ×10
• Archbishop ×6
• Prince-Bishop ×4
• Roman Catholic prelate ×4

• Catholic prelate ×3
• cardinal of the Catholic Church ×3
• diocesan bishop ×3
• prince-bishop ×3
• African-American religious leader ×2
• Catholic archbishop ×2
• 7th-century bishop ×1
• American prelate ×1
• Archbishop of Manila ×1
• Argentine Roman Catholic archbishop ×1
• Argentine Roman Catholic priest ×1
• Catholic Church prelate ×1
• Latin Church bishop ×1
• Roman Catholic clergyman ×1
• South Korean Roman Catholic bishop ×1
• counter-reformation leader ×1

Instances (163)

• Bishop Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt via concept surface "Roman Catholic bishop"
  surface form: Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheidt
• St Martin via concept surface "bishop"
• Jozef Tiso via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Antonio Quarracino via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• Archbishop James Ussher via concept surface "archbishop"
  surface form: James Ussher
• Eusebius of Caesarea via concept surface "bishop"
• Pope Julius III via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Cardinal Richelieu via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• Saint Patrick via concept surface "bishop"
• Francis via concept surface "Catholic priest"
  surface form: Pope Francis
• Athanasius of Alexandria via concept surface "bishop"
• Pope Innocent IV via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• St. Thomas Aquinas via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Pope Leo X via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• St. Augustine via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Franz Cardinal König via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• John Chrysostom via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Basil of Caesarea via concept surface "bishop"
• Gregory of Nazianzus via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Gregory of Nyssa via concept surface "bishop"
• Ambrose of Milan via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Georges Lemaître via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Ignatius of Loyola via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Simão Rodrigues via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Pope Leo XIII via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Clement of Rome via concept surface "bishop"
• Lorenzo Valla via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Marsilio Ficino via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• St. Isaac the Syrian via concept surface "bishop"
• Pope Pius IX via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Diego Laínez via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Cardinal Mazarin via concept surface "cardinal of the Catholic Church"
• Alfonso Salmerón via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Augustine of Hippo via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Nicolás Bobadilla via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Pope Alexander VI via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Saint Methodius via concept surface "archbishop"
• Clement VIII via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Pope Gregory XIII via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• House of Galen via concept surface "prince-bishop"
  surface form: Bernhard von Galen
• Bombing Bernard via concept surface "Prince-Bishop"
  surface form: Bernhard von Galen
• Daria Castle via concept surface "Prince-Bishop"
  surface form: Bernhard von Galen
• Pope Pius V via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Pope Damasus I via concept surface "Latin Church bishop"
• Pope Pius VII via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Cardinal de Bernis via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• Peter Faber via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Pope John XXIII via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Anna von Bönninghausen
  surface form: Bernhard von Galen