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 |
|---|---|
| Michael Augustine Corrigan | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Rino Fisichella | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Fernando de Valdés | Roman Catholic prelate |
|
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Banchieri
surface form:
Giovanni Battista Banchieri
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Casali
surface form:
Giovanni Battista Casali
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Stephen Brock | Catholic priest |
|
Tiso
surface form:
Jozef Tiso
|
Catholic priest |
| Archbishop of Ljubljana | archbishop |
| Herbert de Losinga | Roman Catholic bishop |
| John Cardinal McCloskey | Catholic cardinal |
|
Echter
surface form:
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Juan de Yepes y Álvarez | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
surface form:
Agostino Casaroli
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Giulio Rospigliosi | Catholic priest |
| John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Brendan Cahill | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
surface form:
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
|
Catholic prelate |
| Francisco Garupe | Catholic priest |
| Tommaso Parentucelli | Catholic priest |
| Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria | Catholic cardinal |
| Dietrich Adolf von der Recke | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Maximilian Francis of Austria | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Franz-Josef Bode | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Gerhard Feige | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Etienne Guibourg | Catholic priest |
| Francesco Forgione | Catholic priest |
| Father Damien | Catholic priest |
| Saint Landry of Paris | bishop |
| Prince-bishop of Neuss | prince-bishop |
| Terence Cooke | Catholic cardinal |
|
Barbarigo
surface form:
Gregorio Barbarigo
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany | diocesan bishop |
|
Bishop Francis J. Mugavero
surface form:
Francis J. Mugavero
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn
surface form:
Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Burchard of Würzburg | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Charles de Lorraine | Catholic prelate |
|
Bishop Thomas V. Daily
surface form:
Thomas V. Daily
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Prince-Bishop Friedrich Carl von Schönborn
surface form:
Friedrich Carl von Schönborn
|
prince-bishop |
| Bishop Bruno of Würzburg | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Bishop Charles E. McDonnell
surface form:
Charles E. McDonnell
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Maronite bishops of Lebanon | Catholic bishops |
| João Braz de Aviz | Catholic cardinal |
| Matteo Ricci | Catholic priest |
| Fernando Niño de Guevara | Catholic cardinal |
|
Bishop John Loughlin
surface form:
John Loughlin
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Vincent Ferrer | Catholic priest |
| Prince-Bishop of Lübeck | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln | bishop |
| Maronite archeparch | bishop |
| Bishop of Mondovì | Roman Catholic bishop |