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 |
|---|---|
| Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci | Catholic priest |
|
Kanonen-Bernhard
surface form:
Bernhard von Galen
|
Prince-Bishop |
|
Cipriani
surface form:
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts
surface form:
Juan Landázuri Ricketts
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Henry A. Walsh | Catholic priest |
| Johannes Liesen | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Pope Celestine II | Catholic priest |
| Urbain Durand | Catholic priest |
| Hugh of Lincoln | bishop |
| Markus Sittikus von Hohenems | — |
|
Prince-Archbishop Markus Sittikus
surface form:
Markus Sittikus von Hohenems
|
— |
|
Guillaume du Prat, bishop of Clermont
surface form:
Guillaume du Prat
|
— |
| Hieronymus Aleander | Catholic cardinal |
| Edme Mariotte | Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Western Oklahoma | diocesan bishop |
|
Muti
surface form:
Vincenzo Muti
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| San Sabino | bishop |
|
Metropolitan Archbishop of Montreal
surface form:
Christian Lépine
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| William Scheves | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| José María Caro Rodríguez | Catholic cardinal |
| Quadratus of Athens | bishop |
| Archbishops of Salzburg | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Saint Rupert of Salzburg | bishop |
| Cayetano Delaura | Catholic priest |
| Saint Vergilius of Salzburg | bishop |
| Lorenzo Scupoli | Catholic priest |
| Saint Conrad of Constance | bishop |
| St Thomas of Canterbury | archbishop |
| Richard de Wych | bishop |
| Suidger of Morsleben | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Suidger von Morsleben und Hornburg | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Pope Benedict IX | Catholic priest |
| Johann Hofbauer | Catholic priest |
| Clement Mary Hofbauer | Catholic priest |
| Pál Tomori | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Bernard Bolzano | Catholic priest |
| Aymon, Bishop of Sion | — |
| Burchard, Bishop of Aosta | Catholic prelate |
| Nicolaas van Nieuwland | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Dunstan | archbishop |
| Robert of Arbrissel | Catholic priest |
| Lorenzo Corsini | Catholic priest |
| Michael Portier | — |
| Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini | Catholic priest |
| Oswald of Worcester | Archbishop |
| Pope Sylvester III | Catholic priest |
| Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Aleandro
surface form:
Girolamo Aleandro
|
Catholic cardinal |
| John Amos Comenius | bishop |
| Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims | archbishop |