Holy Father

E404098

religious title

The Holy Father is a title commonly used to refer to the Pope, the supreme spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Rome.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Father canonical	1
Most Holy Father in Christ	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	religious title ⓘ
addressedAs	Your Holiness ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Rome ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Holy See ⓘ
associatedWithOffice	papacy ⓘ
associatedWithState	Vatican City ⓘ
connotation	holiness ⓘ spiritual fatherhood ⓘ
derivesFromConcept	paternal image of God and Church leadership ⓘ
equivalentTitle	His Holiness ⓘ Sanctitas Vestra ⓘ surface form: Sanctitas Sua His Holiness ⓘ surface form: Sua Santità
hasCanonicalBasisIn	Catholic ecclesiology ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: worldwide Catholic Church
hasOppositeNumber	local bishop ⓘ
hasRole	Vicar of Christ ⓘ head of the Catholic Church ⓘ successor of Saint Peter ⓘ supreme spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
honorificStatus	highest Catholic ecclesiastical title ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
linkedToOfficeOf	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Patriarch of the West ⓘ surface form: Patriarch of the West (historical title)
recognizedBy	canon law of the Catholic Church ⓘ
refersTo	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ
relatedTitle	pontifex maximus ⓘ surface form: Pontifex Maximus Pope ⓘ surface form: Roman Pontiff Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
symbolizes	universal pastoral authority of the Pope ⓘ
titleHolder	Pope Francis ⓘ current Pope ⓘ
usedAs	form of address for the Pope ⓘ
usedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
usedByGroup	Catholic clergy ⓘ Catholic faithful ⓘ bishops ⓘ cardinals ⓘ
usedInContextOf	Christianity ⓘ diplomatic protocol with the Holy See ⓘ ecumenical relations ⓘ
usedInDocumentType	apostolic constitution ⓘ apostolic exhortation ⓘ papal encyclical ⓘ
usedInLanguageFamily	Romance languages (via equivalents) ⓘ
usedInLiturgyOf	Roman Rite ⓘ
usedSinceCentury	early centuries of Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Section for the Laity → underAuthorityOf → Holy Father ⓘ

Papal styles → hasStyle → Holy Father ⓘ

this entity surface form: Most Holy Father in Christ