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 |
|---|---|
| Joseph Cardinal Ritter | Roman Catholic prelate |
| John Mauropous | metropolitan bishop |
| Albert of Cologne | bishop |
| Bishop of Bermuda | diocesan bishop |
| Saint Alfege | archbishop |
| Saint Apollinaris | bishop |
| Albino Luciani | Catholic priest |
| Aloísio Lorscheider | Catholic cardinal |
|
Cardinal Pericle Felici
surface form:
Pericle Felici
|
Catholic cardinal |
|
Archbishop of Kraków
surface form:
Karol Wojtyła
|
Catholic prelate |
| St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort | Catholic priest |
|
Lipski
surface form:
Andrzej Lipski
|
Polish bishop |
| Girolamo Savonarola | Catholic priest |
|
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
surface form:
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
|
Roman Catholic bishop |
| Louis III, Cardinal of Guise | Catholic cardinal |
| Raymond E. Brown | Catholic priest |
|
Saint Romanus
surface form:
Saint Romanus of Rouen
|
bishop |
| Pericle Felici | Catholic cardinal |
| Father Brennan | Catholic priest |
| Major Archbishop of Hajdúdorog | major archbishop |
| Louis I, Cardinal of Guise | Catholic cardinal |
| Bruno Forte | Roman Catholic archbishop |
| Diego Laínez | Catholic priest |
| Cardinal Mazarin | cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| Fernando Vérgez Alzaga | Catholic cardinal |
| Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halych | major archbishop |
| Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych | Eastern Catholic bishop |
| Pope Leo III | Catholic priest |
| Fülöp Kocsis | Hungarian Greek Catholic prelate |
| John Spottiswoode | Archbishop |
| Alfonso Salmerón | Catholic priest |
| Augustine of Hippo | Doctor of the Church |
| Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Catholic archbishop |
| Jaime Cardinal Sin | Catholic cardinal |
| Nicolás Bobadilla | Catholic priest |
| Christian Stäblein | bishop |
| Father Francis Chisholm | Catholic priest |
| Lucian Mureșan | Catholic cardinal |
| Pope Alexander VI | Catholic priest |
| Marie-Joseph Lagrange | Catholic priest |
| Roland de Vaux | Catholic priest |
| Juan de Palafox y Mendoza | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Charles Ferdinand Vasa | — |
| Saint Blaise | bishop |
| Henry Beard Delany | African-American religious leader |
| Bruno of Cologne | Catholic priest |
| Domingo de Petrés | Catholic priest |
| Pope Nicholas III | Catholic priest |
| Saint Methodius | archbishop |
| Clement VIII | Catholic priest |