Catholic bishop
C518
concept
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.
All labels observed (77)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catholic priest | 459 |
| Catholic cardinal | 231 |
| Roman Catholic bishop | 225 |
| bishop | 208 |
| Catholic bishop canonical | 191 |
| diocesan bishop | 165 |
| Roman Catholic archbishop | 141 |
| archbishop | 78 |
| Catholic prelate | 43 |
| Doctor of the Church | 39 |
| Archbishop | 32 |
| cardinal of the Catholic Church | 19 |
| prince-bishop | 19 |
| Catholic archbishop | 17 |
| Roman Catholic prelate | 16 |
| 7th-century bishop | 10 |
| American Roman Catholic prelate | 9 |
| Prince-Bishop | 9 |
| African-American religious leader | 7 |
| Eastern Catholic bishop | 5 |
| Eastern Catholic hierarch | 5 |
| metropolitan bishop | 5 |
| 16th-century Roman Catholic bishop | 4 |
| American prelate | 3 |
| Filipino Roman Catholic bishop | 3 |
| Filipino Roman Catholic prelate | 3 |
| Latin Church bishop | 3 |
| Major Archbishop | 3 |
| Roman Catholic clergyman | 3 |
| major archbishop | 3 |
| residential bishop | 3 |
| 17th-century Roman Catholic bishop | 2 |
| American Roman Catholic bishop | 2 |
| Argentine Roman Catholic priest | 2 |
| Catholic bishops | 2 |
| Italian bishop | 2 |
| Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate | 2 |
| Spanish bishop | 2 |
| 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishop in the United States | 1 |
| 19th-century Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishop | 1 |
| Archbishop of Manila | 1 |
| Argentine Roman Catholic archbishop | 1 |
| Australian Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| Bishop of Brooklyn | 1 |
| Bishop of Paris | 1 |
| Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| Cardinal-bishop of Albano | 1 |
| Catholic Church prelate | 1 |
| Catholic bishop in the United States | 1 |
| Catholic bishop of Regensburg | 1 |
| Chilean Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| Christian bishops | 1 |
| Dutch Roman Catholic prelate | 1 |
| Eastern Catholic archbishop | 1 |
| Eastern Catholic episcopal office | 1 |
| English Roman Catholic prelate | 1 |
| Filipino Catholic prelate | 1 |
| French Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| French Roman Catholic prelate | 1 |
| Hungarian Greek Catholic prelate | 1 |
| Latin Church prelate | 1 |
| Latin Rite prelate | 1 |
| Opus Dei leader | 1 |
| Peruvian Catholic bishop | 1 |
| Polish Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| Polish bishop | 1 |
| Roman Catholic bishop of Manila | 1 |
| Scottish Roman Catholic prelate | 1 |
| South Korean Roman Catholic bishop | 1 |
| South Korean Roman Catholic prelate | 1 |
| Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate | 1 |
| apostolic vicar | 1 |
| bishop of Brooklyn | 1 |
| bishop of a Latin Church diocese | 1 |
| counter-reformation leader | 1 |
| missionary bishop | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Catholic bishop
Generated description
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.
Instances (1,762)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Kilbegnet
surface form:
R. Luke Concanen
|
— |
|
Anna von Bönninghausen
surface form:
Bernhard von Galen
|
— |
| Bishop of Northern Michigan | diocesan bishop |
| Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Pope Benedict XII | Catholic priest |
| Saint Timothy | bishop |
|
McCloskey
surface form:
John McCloskey
|
— |
| Bishop of Oviedo | diocesan bishop |
|
Bishop of Magdeburg
surface form:
Gerhard Feige
|
— |
| John Loughlin | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Franz Egon von Fürstenberg | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Bishop of Colorado | diocesan bishop |
| Pietro Secchi | Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Iowa | diocesan bishop |
| Saint Gerard of Csanád | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Santiago Luis Copello | Catholic cardinal |
| Saint Leo | Doctor of the Church |
| Braz de Aviz | — |
| Bishop of Ponta Grossa | diocesan bishop |
| Jacques Amyot | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Alexander of Lincoln | bishop |
| Basil Moreau | Catholic priest |
|
Sorin
surface form:
Edward Sorin
|
Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Nebraska | diocesan bishop |
|
Thomas Flanagan
surface form:
Thomas Flanagan (bishop)
|
— |
| Bertrando del Poggetto | Catholic cardinal |
| Ecgbert of York | Archbishop |
| Paulinus of Aquileia | bishop |
| Abbé Pierre Froment | Catholic priest |
| Father Fourcade | Catholic priest |
|
de Paul
surface form:
Vincent de Paul
|
Catholic priest |
| Hildebrand of Sovana | Catholic priest |
| Hildebrand | Catholic priest |
| Pope Alexander II | Catholic priest |
|
Óscar Arnulfo
surface form:
Óscar Arnulfo Romero
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Richard Emery | bishop |
| Abbé Faria | Catholic priest |
| John of Ephesus | bishop |
| Leo Nowak | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Carlo Confalonieri | Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of Wyoming | diocesan bishop |
| Nicholas of Cusa | Catholic cardinal |
| Odo of Châtillon | Catholic priest |
| Odo of Lagery | Catholic priest |
| Paschalis II | Catholic priest |
|
Bleda, near Forlì, Romagna
surface form:
Pope Paschal II
|
— |
| Carmine Rocco | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Ansgar | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| archbishop-prince | prince-bishop |
|
Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick
surface form:
Benedict Joseph Fenwick
|
— |