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 |
|---|---|
|
Cardinal Richard Cushing
surface form:
Richard Cushing
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Father Benedict | Catholic priest |
|
St.
surface form:
St. Gregory Palamas
|
Archbishop |
| John Fisher | — |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Catholic cardinal |
|
Gioacchino
surface form:
Gioacchino Pecci
|
Catholic priest |
| Saint Patrick | bishop |
| John O'Connor | Catholic cardinal |
| Padre Pio | Catholic priest |
| Pope Leo XI | Catholic priest |
| Heiner Wilmer | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Pope Gregory XV | Catholic priest |
| Martyn Snow | diocesan bishop |
| Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo | Archbishop |
| Saint Eutrope | bishop |
| Pope Boniface VIII | Catholic priest |
| Father Edward J. Flanagan | Catholic priest |
| Saint John of Capistrano | Catholic priest |
| Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci | Catholic priest |
| Pope Clement VIII | Catholic priest |
| Saint Cuthbert | bishop |
| Pope Urban IV | Catholic priest |
| Saint Petronius | bishop |
| William Elphinstone | bishop |
| Thomas Berry | Catholic priest |
|
Bishop William of St-Calais
surface form:
William of St-Calais
|
bishop |
|
Francis
surface form:
Pope Francis
|
Catholic priest |
| Miles Smith | bishop |
| Athanasius of Alexandria | bishop |
| Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti | Catholic priest |
| Pope Innocent IV | Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Portsmouth | diocesan bishop |
|
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
surface form:
Pietro Ottoboni
|
Catholic priest |
|
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
surface form:
Thomas Wolsey
|
Roman Catholic clergyman |
|
Boncompagni
surface form:
Pope Gregory XIII
|
Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Southwark | diocesan bishop |
| Felice Peretti | Catholic priest |
| Richard Williamson | — |
| Ngo Dinh Thuc | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Bishop of Maine | diocesan bishop |
| Saint Louis of Toulouse | Roman Catholic bishop |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | Doctor of the Church |
| Bishop of Chelmsford | diocesan bishop |
| Ippolito Aldobrandini | Catholic priest |
| Alexander Jones | Catholic priest |
|
Father Vicente Francisco de Sarría
surface form:
Vicente Francisco de Sarría
|
Catholic priest |
| Marin Mersenne | Catholic priest |
| Marcel Lefebvre | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Pope Leo X | Catholic priest |