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 |
|---|---|
|
Richard Stapledon
surface form:
Walter de Stapledon
|
bishop |
| Hugh de Balsham | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Birinus | bishop |
|
Quarracino
surface form:
Antonio Quarracino
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of Southern Virginia | diocesan bishop |
| Peter of Dusburg | Catholic priest |
| Pope Marcellus II | — |
| Bishop of Versailles | — |
|
Giovanni
surface form:
Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte
|
Catholic priest |
| Francisco de Montoya | Catholic priest |
|
Siegfried II of Westerburg, Archbishop of Cologne
surface form:
Siegfried II of Westerburg
|
archbishop |
| Bishop of Parma | diocesan bishop |
| Bishop of Monreale | diocesan bishop |
| Félix Kir | Catholic priest |
|
Montigny-sur-Avre
surface form:
François de Montmorency-Laval
|
— |
| Chrodegang of Metz | bishop |
| John McCloskey | Catholic prelate |
| Prince-Bishop of Worms | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Matthieu Rougé | — |
| Saint Lullus | archbishop |
| Adeodatus I | Catholic priest |
| Brun of Cologne | archbishop |
| Sinibaldo Fieschi | Catholic priest |
| Saint Modestinus | bishop |
| Kentigern of Glasgow | bishop |
| Antonio de Castro Mayer | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Kentigern | bishop |
| Saint Íbar | bishop |
| Luigi Sturzo | Catholic priest |
| Gérard Roussel | — |
| Prince-Bishop of Speyer | prince-bishop |
| Lullus of Mainz | archbishop |
| Bishop of Easton | diocesan bishop |
| Pope Boniface V | Catholic priest |
| Saint Ciarán of Saigir | bishop |
| Bruno I of Cologne | archbishop |
|
Archbishop Anno II of Cologne (through the Coup of Kaiserswerth)
surface form:
Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
|
archbishop |
| Saint Declán of Ardmore | bishop |
| Avery Dulles | cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| Abba Salama | bishop |
| Abba Salama Kassate Berhan | bishop |
|
The Warrior Pope
surface form:
Pope Julius II
|
Catholic priest |
| Pelagius of Albano | Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of Delaware | diocesan bishop |
| John Carroll | — |
| Jean-Louis Le Loutre | Catholic priest |
| Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem | Eastern Catholic hierarch |
| Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg | Roman Catholic clergyman |
| Hatto I of Mainz | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Archbishop Albrecht II of Käfernburg
surface form:
Albrecht II of Käfernburg
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |