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 Alessandro Albani
surface form:
Alessandro Albani
|
Catholic cardinal |
| Bertrand-Sévère Mascarou-Laurence | — |
| Edward M. Egan | Catholic archbishop |
| Pope Pelagius II | Catholic priest |
| Thomas White | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Bishop of East Tennessee | diocesan bishop |
| Pope Sabinian | Catholic priest |
| Archbishop of San Salvador | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana
surface form:
Giovanni Battista Cesana
|
— |
| Pope Gregory XIII | Catholic priest |
| Johann Schreck | Catholic priest |
|
Albino
surface form:
Albino Luciani
|
Catholic priest |
|
Luciani
surface form:
Albino Luciani
|
Catholic priest |
| John Henry Newman | Catholic cardinal |
| Aidan of Lindisfarne | bishop |
| Bishop of Linz | diocesan bishop |
| Santo António de Lisboa | Catholic priest |
| Bishop of Toronto | diocesan bishop |
|
Camerlengo Eduardo Martínez Somalo
surface form:
Eduardo Martínez Somalo
|
cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| Angelo Scola | Catholic cardinal |
| Francis Arinze | — |
| Maximilian Kolbe | Catholic priest |
| Louis II, Cardinal of Guise | Catholic cardinal |
| François Charrière | Roman Catholic bishop |
| José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate | Catholic priest |
| Richard Allen | African-American religious leader |
| Absalom Jones | African-American religious leader |
| Bishop of Mississippi | diocesan bishop |
| Bernard Tissier de Mallerais | — |
| Hugh Oldham | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Fernando Martins de Bulhões | Catholic priest |
|
Rev. Leonard Neale
surface form:
Leonard Neale
|
Catholic priest |
| Clarence Rivers | Catholic priest |
| Archbishop of Dublin | diocesan bishop |
| Anthony of Lisbon | Doctor of the Church |
| Henry Beaufort | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Friar Laurence | Catholic priest |
| Dúnán | bishop |
| Pope Innocent XI | Catholic priest |
|
House of Galen
surface form:
Bernhard von Galen
|
prince-bishop |
|
Bombing Bernard
surface form:
Bernhard von Galen
|
Prince-Bishop |
| Episcopal Bishop of Lexington | diocesan bishop |
| Bishop of Georgia | diocesan bishop |
| Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony | archbishop |
| Apollinaris of Laodicea | bishop |
| Bishop of Tennessee | diocesan bishop |
| Jakob von Eltz-Rübenach | Roman Catholic archbishop |
|
Daria Castle
surface form:
Bernhard von Galen
|
Prince-Bishop |
|
Saint Marcellin Champagnat
surface form:
Marcellin Champagnat
|
Catholic priest |
| Esaias Tegnér | bishop |