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 |
|---|---|
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Archbishop-Bishop of Vĩnh Long
surface form:
Ngô Đình Thục
|
— |
|
Archbishop of Dakar
surface form:
Marcel Lefebvre
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Apostolic Vicar of Dakar | apostolic vicar |
| Achille Liénart | Catholic cardinal |
| Jean-Jacques Olier | Catholic priest |
| Sebastián de Vivanco | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki
surface form:
Rainer Maria Woelki
|
Catholic prelate |
| José de Anchieta | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Karl Lehmann
surface form:
Karl Lehmann
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Antonio María Rouco Varela | Catholic cardinal |
| Jean-Marie Lustiger | Catholic cardinal |
|
Bishop William Van Mildert
surface form:
William Van Mildert
|
Prince-Bishop |
| Claude Fauchet | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Pope Sergius III | Catholic priest |
| Martin of Tours | bishop |
| Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Pope Leo VII | Catholic priest |
| John XI | Catholic priest |
| Pope Stephen VIII | Catholic priest |
| Saint David | bishop |
|
von Galen family
surface form:
Clemens August Graf von Galen
|
— |
| Bishop of Gippsland | diocesan bishop |
|
Boncompagni family
surface form:
Filippo Boncompagni
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Robert Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Bellarmine
surface form:
Robert Bellarmine
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Alfonso Litta | Catholic cardinal |
|
Castellini
surface form:
Luca Castellini
|
— |
| Saint Trophimus of Arles | bishop |
| Bishop of Connecticut | diocesan bishop |
| Father Brown | Catholic priest |
| Nicholas of Bari | bishop |
| Maieul de Cluny | Catholic priest |
| Tommaso di Sarzana | Catholic priest |
| Saint Honoratus of Arles | bishop |
| Ulrich of Augsburg | — |
| Saint Ulrich of Augsburg | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Anthony Maraschi | Catholic priest |
| Pope Eugene I | — |
| Bishop of Constance | diocesan bishop |
| Fénelon | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Tommaso de Vio Cajetan | Catholic cardinal |
| James Roosevelt Bayley | — |
| Saint Norbert of Xanten | Catholic archbishop |
| Denis of Paris | bishop |
| Dionysius of Paris | bishop |
| Giovanni Francesco Albani | Catholic priest |
| Alojzije Stepinac | Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of Guadalajara | diocesan bishop |
| Jacques-Nicolas Colbert | Catholic archbishop |
|
Damaskinos
surface form:
Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens
|
archbishop |