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 |
|---|---|
| Pierre Cauchon | — |
| Bishop of Wallis and Futuna | diocesan bishop |
|
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi
surface form:
Dionigi Tettamanzi
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Saint John de Matha | Catholic priest |
|
Archbishop of Rabat
surface form:
Cristóbal López Romero
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Cardinal Angelo Scola
surface form:
Angelo Scola
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Lancelot de Carle | Catholic priest |
| Henry of Blois | bishop |
| Raymond of Toledo | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Father Jerry Connolly | Catholic priest |
| Giovanni Angelo | Catholic priest |
| Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix | Catholic priest |
| Thomas Croke | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Alessandro Farnese | Catholic cardinal |
|
Louis
surface form:
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Jean Gailhac | Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Juan de Torquemada
surface form:
Juan de Torquemada
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Cardinal Michele Bonelli
surface form:
Michele Bonelli
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto | diocesan bishop |
|
Saint John Neumann
surface form:
John Neumann
|
— |
| Blessed Methodius Dominic Trčka | Catholic priest |
| Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky | — |
| William of Nassau-Dillenburg (bishop) | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Vérgez Alzaga
surface form:
Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
|
Catholic cardinal |
| John J. McAuliffe | Catholic priest |
| Pope Stephen IV | Catholic priest |
|
Diocese of Chosica
surface form:
Norberto Strotmann Hoppe
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| eparch | bishop |
| Ivan Kuntsevych | Eastern Catholic archbishop |
| Luigi Traglia | Catholic cardinal |
|
Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
surface form:
Teodoro Mendes Tavares
|
— |
| John Maxwell (Archbishop of Glasgow) | Archbishop |
|
Don Bosco College, Buenos Aires
surface form:
Sviatoslav Shevchuk
|
Major Archbishop |
| James Beaton (Archbishop of Glasgow) | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church | major archbishop |
| Bishop of Osma | — |
| Jaime Sin | Catholic cardinal |
| Luis Antonio Tagle | Catholic cardinal |
| Socrates Villegas | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Orlando Quevedo | Catholic cardinal |
| Julio Rosales | Catholic cardinal |
| Antonio Mabutas | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Rufino Santos | Catholic cardinal |
| Louis de Lorraine | Catholic cardinal |
| Michael Jude Byrnes | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Jaime Lachica Sin | archbishop |
|
Marie-Joseph
surface form:
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
|
Catholic priest |
| Andrzej Lipski | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
House of Cesi
surface form:
Angelo Cesi
|
Italian bishop |
| Bishop of Płock | — |