bishop

Summary

bishop is an ecclesiastical occupation^[1]. bishop ranks in the top 2% of ecclesiastical_occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,708 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• bishop's religion is recorded as Christianity^[3].
• bishop's instance of is recorded as ecclesiastical occupation^[4].
• bishop's instance of is recorded as Christian religious occupation^[5].
• bishop's instance of is recorded as episcopal title^[6].
• bishop's instance of is recorded as position^[7].
• bishop is a type of presbyter^[8].
• bishop is a type of ordinary^[9].
• bishop is a type of head of a diocese^[10].
• bishop is a type of pastor^[11].
• bishop is part of clergy^[12].
• bishop's Commons category is recorded as Bishops^[13].
• bishop's said to be the same as is recorded as Q110612408^[14].
• bishop's honorific prefix is recorded as Excellency^[15].
• bishop's honorific prefix is recorded as Monsignor^[16].
• bishop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bishops^[17].
• bishop's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as diocese^[18].
• bishop's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as eparchy^[19].
• bishop's depicted by is recorded as Two holy bishops (Geminianus and Severus?)^[20].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[21].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia^[22].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as Regesta Imperii XIII^[24].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[25].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• bishop's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ecclesiastical occupation^[4], Christian religious occupation^[5], episcopal title^[6], and position^[7]. Recorded subclass of include presbyter^[8], ordinary^[9], head of a diocese^[10], and pastor^[11].

Use and Application

bishop is part of clergy^[12].

Influence

Things named for bishop include bishop-fish^[28], a mythical creature^[29]; cardinal-bishop^[30], a position^[31]; and San Salvatore al Vescovo^[32], a church building^[33], in Italy^[34], founded in 1221^[35].

Why It Matters

bishop ranks in the top 2% of ecclesiastical_occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,708 views/month).^[2] bishop has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] bishop is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for bishop include bishop-fish^[28], a mythical creature^[29]; cardinal-bishop^[30], a position^[31]; and San Salvatore al Vescovo^[32], a church building^[33], in Italy^[34], founded in 1221^[35].