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)

• Saint Timothy via concept surface "bishop"
• Cardinal József Mindszenty via concept surface "Catholic prelate"
  surface form: József Mindszenty
• William of Wykeham via concept surface "Roman Catholic bishop"
• Gregorio Aglipay via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Thomas Cranmer via concept surface "archbishop"
• Gustaf Aulén via concept surface "bishop"
• Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster via concept surface "Roman Catholic bishop"
  surface form: Bernhard von Galen
• Saint Vigilius of Trent via concept surface "bishop"
• Pope Leo I via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Pope Clement VII via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Saint Dominic via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Albert the Great via concept surface "bishop"
• Catherine of Siena via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Ephrem the Syrian via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Kanonen-Bernhard via concept surface "Prince-Bishop"
  surface form: Bernhard von Galen
• Víctor Manuel Fernández via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• Saint Chad via concept surface "7th-century bishop"
• Archbishop Óscar Romero via concept surface "Roman Catholic archbishop"
  surface form: Óscar Romero
• Pope John Paul I via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• C. K. Steele via concept surface "African-American religious leader"
• Katharine Jefferts Schori via concept surface "bishop"
• Pope Gregory the Dialogist via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Gregory the Great via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Archbishop Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra via concept surface "Roman Catholic archbishop"
  surface form: Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra
• Saint Anthony of Padua via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Archbishop of Córdoba via concept surface "diocesan bishop"
• Venerable Bede via concept surface "Doctor of the Church"
• Karol via concept surface "Catholic priest"
  surface form: Karol Wojtyła
• Manuel da Nóbrega via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Michael von Faulhaber via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• Giovanni Battista via concept surface "Catholic priest"
  surface form: Giovanni Battista Montini
• José de Anchieta via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Bishop William Van Mildert via concept surface "Prince-Bishop"
  surface form: William Van Mildert
• Martin of Tours via concept surface "bishop"
• Saint David via concept surface "bishop"
• Theodore of Mopsuestia via concept surface "bishop"
• Cardinal Konrad Krajewski via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
  surface form: Konrad Krajewski
• Bishop of Nueve de Julio
• Ferdinand von Fürstenberg via concept surface "Roman Catholic bishop"
• Saint Epiphanius of Pavia via concept surface "bishop"
• Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
  surface form: Francesco Maria del Monte
• Georg Ratzinger via concept surface "Catholic priest"
• Juan Carlos Aramburu via concept surface "Archbishop"
• Timothy M. Dolan via concept surface "Catholic archbishop"
• Archbishop of Cologne via concept surface "archbishop"
• Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• Francis Spellman via concept surface "Catholic cardinal"
• R. Luke Concanen via concept surface "Roman Catholic bishop"
• Lázaro You Heung-sik via concept surface "cardinal of the Catholic Church"
• Pope Paul III via concept surface "Catholic Church prelate"