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 |
|---|---|
| Raymond Leo Burke | Catholic cardinal |
| Mitchell Thomas Rozanski | — |
| Philip William of Bavaria | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Germain of Paris | bishop |
| Giovanni Visconti (Archbishop of Milan) | archbishop |
| Lionel Woodville | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Pierre de Bérulle | Catholic cardinal |
| Robert James Carlson | — |
| Juan de Ortega y Montañés | — |
| Prince-Bishop of Verden | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Lanfranc of Pavia | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| John A. O’Brien | Catholic priest |
| Pope Boniface IX | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este
surface form:
Ippolito II d’Este
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Josemaría Escrivá | Catholic priest |
|
O.D.
surface form:
Josemaría Escrivá
|
Catholic priest |
| Thomas J. Walsh | — |
| Joseph Rosati | — |
| Ludovico Ludovisi | Catholic cardinal |
| Bartolomeo Prignano | Archbishop |
| Bishop of Cincinnati | diocesan bishop |
| John J. Wynne | Catholic priest |
| Giampietro Dal Toso | Catholic prelate |
| Saint Omer | — |
| Audomar of Thérouanne | — |
| Omer of Thérouanne | — |
| Bishop Audomar of Thérouanne | 7th-century bishop |
| Pierbattista Pizzaballa | Catholic prelate |
| Władysław Zaleski | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Jorge
surface form:
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
|
Catholic priest |
| Pope Benedict XVI | cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| Ramón José Castellano | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Saint Julian of Le Mans | bishop |
| Bishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland | diocesan bishop |
|
Pehm
surface form:
József Pehm
|
Catholic prelate |
| Edward Foxe | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Jose F. Cardinal Advincula | Catholic cardinal |
| Archbishop of Manila | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Emilio Bonaventura Altieri | Catholic priest |
| Jean Villot | Catholic cardinal |
| Caterina Benincasa | Doctor of the Church |
| Ignacio de Santibáñez | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Bishop of Urgell
surface form:
Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| John McHale | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| John McMullen | — |
| Bishop of Nueva Segovia | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Blasius | bishop |
|
Georges de Selve, bishop of Lavaur
surface form:
Georges de Selve
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| John Joseph Glennon | Catholic cardinal |
| Saint Prosdocimus | bishop |