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 |
|---|---|
| John Carmel Heenan | 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Pope Eugene IV | Catholic priest |
| Heinrich von Spee | Catholic priest |
| William Godfrey | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Giovanni Matteo Marchetti | — |
| Bartolomeo da Breganze | — |
| Isaac Thottunkal | Catholic cardinal |
|
Ivanios
surface form:
Geevarghese Ivanios
|
Catholic archbishop |
|
Fr. John Kuzhinapurath (co-founder, traditionally known as Fr. John of Bethany)
surface form:
Fr. John Kuzhinapurath
|
Catholic priest |
|
Martínez Somalo
surface form:
Eduardo Martínez Somalo
|
Catholic prelate |
| Benedetto Odescalchi | Catholic priest |
| Manfred Björkquist | bishop |
| Benedict Mar Gregorios | — |
|
Bishop Gavin Dunbar
surface form:
Gavin Dunbar
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Maffeo Barberini | Catholic priest |
| Teodoro C. Bacani Jr. | — |
| Karl Theodor von Dalberg | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Giulio Alberoni | Catholic cardinal |
|
Sir Ignace Bourget
surface form:
Ignace Bourget
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| St Martin | bishop |
| Bernard Griffin | — |
|
Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini
surface form:
Pietro Aldobrandini
|
— |
| Albert of Mainz | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi
surface form:
Alessandro Ludovisi
|
Catholic cardinal |
| John Cardinal Farley | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Susanna Neale
surface form:
Leonard Neale
|
— |
| Poppo | — |
| Damasus II | — |
| Ottaviano Ubaldini | Catholic cardinal |
| Archbishop of Gorizia | metropolitan bishop |
| Hugh de Puiset | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Rebecca Neale
surface form:
Leonard Neale
|
— |
| Giacomo Savelli | — |
| Erc of Slane | bishop |
| John III of Bremen | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Victor II | Catholic priest |
| William de Corbeil | — |
| Albrecht von Brandenburg | archbishop |
| Tommaso Maria Zigliara | Catholic cardinal |
| Gavin Dunbar | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Father Fitzgibbon in "Going My Way"
surface form:
Father Fitzgibbon
|
Catholic priest |
|
Michael Bowen (archbishop)
surface form:
Michael Bowen
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Cormac Murphy-O’Connor | — |
| Pope Stephen IX | Catholic priest |
| Januarius of Benevento | bishop |
| Saint Romulus of Genoa | bishop |
| Louis-Marie de Beaumont | — |
| Jozef Tiso | Catholic priest |
| Charles Heerey | — |
| Archbishop of Omaha | Roman Catholic archbishop |