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 |
|---|---|
| Martin Luther | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni
surface form:
Giovanni Simeoni
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Tolton Catholic High School, Quincy, Illinois
surface form:
Augustus Tolton
|
Catholic priest |
| Ronald Knox | Catholic priest |
|
Archbishop of Philadelphia
surface form:
Nelson J. Perez
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Nelson J. Perez
surface form:
Nelson J. Pérez
|
— |
| John Cardinal O’Hara | Catholic prelate |
| Charles J. Chaput | — |
| Pope Pius III | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Raffaele Riario
surface form:
Raffaele Riario
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Bruno Wechner | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Saint Apollinaris of Valence | bishop |
| John Cardinal Krol | Catholic prelate |
| Father Philip Lamont | Catholic priest |
| Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu | archbishop |
| Benno Elbs | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua | Catholic prelate |
| Father Joseph Dyer | Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Belluno-Feltre | diocesan bishop |
| Francis Vernon Douglas | Catholic priest |
| Jacobus de Voragine | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Robert Hugh Benson | Catholic priest |
|
John Albert
surface form:
John Albert Vasa
|
— |
| Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | Catholic priest |
| Albertus de Colonia | Catholic priest |
| Saint Lawrence of Siponto | bishop |
| Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae | bishop |
|
archbishop of Honiara
surface form:
Archbishop of Honiara
|
archbishop |
| Ludovico Altieri | Catholic cardinal |
|
Trivulzio family
surface form:
Antonio Trivulzio
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Pope Nicholas IV | Catholic priest |
| Saint Sulpitius the Pious | bishop |
| Father Rentería | Catholic priest |
| Louis de Lorraine, Archbishop of Reims | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Arcipreste de Hita | Catholic priest |
| Heinrich Kramer | Catholic priest |
|
Diocese of Las Cruces
surface form:
Ricardo Ramirez
|
— |
|
Lorscheider
surface form:
Aloísio Lorscheider
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Felici
surface form:
Pericle Felici
|
Catholic prelate |
| Francesco Salviati | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Francesco Salviati, Archbishop of Pisa
surface form:
Francesco Salviati
|
Catholic archbishop |
| Sir John Alcock (bishop) | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Stephen Langton | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Afonso, Bishop of Lisbon | — |
| Álvaro Portillo | Roman Catholic prelate |
| Giovanni Visconti | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Archbishop Thomas Croke
surface form:
Thomas Croke
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| John Spottiswood | Archbishop |
| Saint Maclou | — |