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 |
|---|---|
| Cardinal de Fleury | Catholic priest |
| Archbishop Weber | Catholic archbishop |
| Archbishop of Quito | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Alfons de Borja | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Reinhard Marx | Catholic cardinal |
| Saint Damien of Molokaʻi | Catholic priest |
| Robert Grosseteste | bishop |
| Bishop of Tasmania | diocesan bishop |
| Bishop of Digne | — |
|
Karol
surface form:
Karol Wojtyła
|
Catholic priest |
| Benedetto Gaetani | Catholic priest |
| Saint John Fisher | — |
| Cardinal Fisher | — |
| Bishop Myriel | — |
| Jacobo Pantaléon | Catholic priest |
| Catholic bishops of Carthage | Christian bishops |
| Bishop of Huron | diocesan bishop |
| Bishop of Birmingham (Roman Catholic) | diocesan bishop |
| Pope Innocent IX | Catholic priest |
| Joseph Toal | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Eorcenwald of London | 7th-century bishop |
| Saint Paternian | bishop |
| Gaspar de Villarroel | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Eugène de Mazenod | — |
| Saint Eorcenwald | 7th-century bishop |
| Guillaume de Champagne | — |
| Bishop of Armidale | diocesan bishop |
| Bolesław Kominek | Catholic cardinal |
| Father Rothschild | Catholic priest |
| Saint Abibos of Nekresi | bishop |
| Tomás de Villanueva | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Prince-Bishop of Basel | prince-bishop |
| Bishop of Fermo | — |
| Charles Lavigerie | Catholic cardinal |
| Manuel da Nóbrega | Catholic priest |
| Michael von Faulhaber | Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of Opole | diocesan bishop |
| Diego de Landa | — |
| John of Savoy, Bishop of Geneva | — |
|
Giovanni Angelo
surface form:
Giovanni Angelo Braschi
|
Catholic priest |
| Johan Ernst Gunnerus | bishop |
|
Dinklage
surface form:
Clemens August Graf von Galen
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Lion of Münster
surface form:
Clemens August Graf von Galen
|
— |
|
Bishop Hermann Dingelstad
surface form:
Hermann Dingelstad
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Giovanni Battista
surface form:
Giovanni Battista Montini
|
Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Reinhard Marx
surface form:
Reinhard Marx
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Urbain Grandier | Catholic priest |
|
Écône, Valais, Switzerland
surface form:
Marcel Lefebvre
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Thuc
surface form:
Ngo Dinh Thuc
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Archbishop of Huế | Roman Catholic archbishop |