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 |
|---|---|
| Liudger | — |
| Walter de Stapledon | Roman Catholic bishop |
|
Bishop John Baptist Purcell
surface form:
John Baptist Purcell
|
Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Lorenzo Valla | Catholic priest |
| Angel Fernández de la Somera | Catholic priest |
|
Michael Power
surface form:
Michael Power (bishop)
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Marsilio Ficino | Catholic priest |
| Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) | Catholic cardinal |
| Bishop of Trent | diocesan bishop |
| Father Mun Jeong-hyeon | Catholic priest |
| Pope Boniface III | Catholic priest |
| Leo the Great | Doctor of the Church |
| Bruno the Great | archbishop |
|
William Knox
surface form:
William Knox (bishop)
|
bishop |
| Pope Adeodatus I | Catholic priest |
| Father McKenzie | Catholic priest |
| Saint Mungo | bishop |
| Father Brendan Flynn | Catholic priest |
| Saint Audomar | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | diocesan bishop |
| Saint Arnulf of Metz | 7th-century bishop |
| William, Archbishop of Mainz | archbishop |
| St. Isaac the Syrian | bishop |
|
St. Frumentius (Abba Salama)
surface form:
St. Frumentius
|
bishop |
| Tommaso Ruffo | Catholic cardinal |
| The Priest | Catholic priest |
| Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria | Eastern Catholic hierarch |
| Sidonius Apollinaris | bishop |
|
Aulén
surface form:
Gustaf Aulén
|
bishop |
| Bishop of Strängnäs | diocesan bishop |
| Gustavo Gutiérrez | Catholic priest |
| Thomas Joseph Power | Roman Catholic bishop |
| József Pehm | Catholic cardinal |
| Saint Jacob of Nisibis | bishop |
| Bishop of Regensburg | diocesan bishop |
| Domingo de Salazar | — |
| Walter Montagu | Catholic priest |
| Pope Pius IX | Catholic priest |
| Eadfrith of Lindisfarne | bishop |
| Makarios III | archbishop |
| Johann Wigand | bishop |
| Clemens August of Bavaria | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| José Altimira | Catholic priest |
| Julian of Eclanum | bishop |
| Germain of Paris | bishop |
| Miguel de Benavides | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| John MacHale | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| John McHale (bishop) | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Father Lankester Merrin | Catholic priest |
| Stone (bishop) | bishop |