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Summary
bishop is an ecclesiastical occupation[1]. bishop ranks in the top 2% of ecclesiastical occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,029 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[3]
- Instance of: Christian religious occupation[4], episcopal title[5], position[6]
- Subclass of: head of a diocese[7], pastor[8], episcope[9]
- Part of: clergy[10]
- Commons category: Bishops[11]
- Said to be the same as: Q110612408[12]
- Honorific prefix: Excellency[13], Monsignor[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bishops[15]
- Applies to jurisdiction: diocese[16], eparchy[17]
- Depicted by: Two holy bishops (Geminianus and Severus?)[18]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Regesta Imperii XIII[22], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], Tamil Encyclopedia[28]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox bishop[29]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/bishops[30]
- Has characteristic: episcopal lineage[31]
- Different from: Bishop[32], Obispo[33], Bischof[34]
- Organization directed by the office or position: diocese[35], eparchy[36], district[37]
- Female form of label: Bischöfin[38], episkopino[39], епископесса[40], בישופית[41], obispa[42], bispa[43], episcopisa[44], أسقفة[45], vescova[46], évêque[47], biskupka[48], vyskupė[49], vesca[50], püspökasszony[51]
- Male form of label: episkopulo[52], Bëschof[53], أسقف[54]
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Influence
Things named for bishop include bishop-fish[55], a mythical creature[56]; cardinal-bishop[57], a position[58]; and San Salvatore al Vescovo[59], a church building[60], in Italy[61], founded in 1221[62].
Why It Matters
bishop has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] bishop is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for bishop include bishop-fish[55], a mythical creature[56]; cardinal-bishop[57], a position[58]; and San Salvatore al Vescovo[59], a church building[60], in Italy[61], founded in 1221[62].