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 |
|---|---|
|
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
surface form:
Bernhard von Galen
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| John Peter Carafa | Catholic priest |
| Gian Pietro Carafa | Catholic cardinal |
|
by Pope Innocent VII
surface form:
Pope Innocent VII
|
Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Sion | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Africain of Comminges | bishop |
| Hyacinth Bobone | Catholic priest |
| Saint Boniface | bishop |
|
Garnier
surface form:
François Garnier
|
— |
| José Sixto Verduzco | Catholic priest |
|
Fabio
surface form:
Fabio Chigi
|
Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Batumi and Shemokmedi | diocesan bishop |
|
Cardinal Camillo Pamphilj
surface form:
Camillo Pamphilj
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia | — |
| Saint Vigilius of Trent | bishop |
|
Odo of Bayeux (traditional attribution)
surface form:
Odo of Bayeux
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Odo of Bayeux | bishop |
| Jacques Duèze | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Bishop of Fréjus | diocesan bishop |
| Archbishop of Managua | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Patrick Graham | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Clarence Edward Smith | African-American religious leader |
| Pope Leo I | Doctor of the Church |
|
Diocese of Manchester
surface form:
Peter Anthony Libasci
|
— |
| Meister Eckhart | Catholic priest |
| Jacques d’Euse | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Laevinus Torrentius | — |
| Joannes Miraeus | Catholic prelate |
| Mari Leppänen | bishop |
| Hemming of Turku | Catholic prelate |
| Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland | metropolitan bishop |
|
Francesco Barberini (cardinal)
surface form:
Francesco Barberini
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Thomas E. Molloy | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Felix Varela
surface form:
Félix Varela
|
Catholic priest |
|
Arias Dávila
surface form:
Juan Arias Dávila
|
— |
| Reginald Pole | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Edmund Bonner | Roman Catholic bishop |
| William Henry O’Connell | Catholic cardinal |
|
Antonio Barberini (cardinal, younger)
surface form:
Antonio Barberini (the younger)
|
— |
| Bishop of Liverpool | diocesan bishop |
|
Ioannis
surface form:
Ieronymos II of Athens
|
Archbishop |
|
The Priest
surface form:
The Priest (The Trial)
|
Catholic priest |
| Franciscus Sonnius | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Arnold Damen | Catholic priest |
| Fabio Chigi | Catholic priest |
| Fulcher of Chartres | Catholic priest |
| Father Joseph Vaillant | Catholic priest |
| Pope Clement VII | Catholic priest |
| Bishop of the Rio Grande | diocesan bishop |
| Robert J. McManus | — |