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 |
|---|---|
| Robert Barron | — |
| Philippe-Louis de Beaumont | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Saint Otto of Bamberg | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Spyridon of Trimythous | bishop |
| Lothar of Segni | Catholic priest |
| John Murphy Farley | Catholic cardinal |
| Saint Bernard of Clairvaux | Doctor of the Church |
| Ulfilas | bishop |
| John Zizioulas | bishop |
| Bishop of Leiria | — |
| Antonio Quarracino | Catholic cardinal |
|
Camillo
surface form:
Camillo Borghese
|
Catholic priest |
| Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne | Catholic cardinal |
| Giovanni Battista Hodierna | Catholic priest |
| Mariano Casanova | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Maffeo
surface form:
Maffeo Barberini
|
Catholic priest |
| Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg | archbishop |
| Laurent Cassegrain | Catholic priest |
|
Armand
surface form:
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
|
cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| Henry Wardlaw | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Archbishop James Ussher
surface form:
James Ussher
|
archbishop |
| Jerónimo de Loayza | — |
|
Franz
surface form:
Franz König
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Bishop Albert of Riga
surface form:
Albert of Riga
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Pecci
surface form:
Pope Leo XIII
|
Catholic priest |
| Pope Clement II | Catholic priest |
| Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer | Catholic priest |
| Saint Richard of Chichester | bishop |
| Æthelwold of Winchester | bishop |
| Patrick Joseph Hayes | — |
| Eusebius of Caesarea | bishop |
| Fray Tomás de Berlanga | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Teresa of Ávila | Doctor of the Church |
| Giuseppe Piazzi | Catholic priest |
| Jan van Scorel | Catholic priest |
| Pope Innocent X | Catholic priest |
| Joseph Clemens of Bavaria | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Philip Neri | Catholic priest |
| Pope Julius III | Catholic priest |
| Maximilian Henry of Bavaria | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Gregory Martin | Catholic priest |
| Athanasius Kircher | Catholic priest |
| Pope Clement III | Catholic priest |
| Saint Martin | bishop |
| Regiomontanus | Catholic priest |
| Saint Denis of Paris | bishop |
| Bonaventure | Doctor of the Church |
| Pope Gregory XVI | Catholic priest |
| Juan Landázuri Ricketts | Catholic cardinal |
| Saint Herculanus of Perugia | bishop |