Catholic bishops
Diocesan religious leaders
Catholic bishops are high-ranking clergy in the Roman Catholic Church who oversee dioceses—regional administrative units comprising multiple parishes.
Bishops hold authority to ordain priests, confirm members, and govern church affairs in their territory.
They trace their office to apostolic succession, the belief that their authority descends in an unbroken line from Christ's apostles.
The Catholic bishops issued a statement on immigration policy.
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- ringClosed curve shape
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
moral authority · crozier · Roman collar · vestments · cassock · holy orders · archbishop · confirmation · Council of Trent · parish · pope · Holy See · canon law · cathedral · pro-life stance · throne · Eucharist · dogma
- English CatholicismEnglish Reformation, priest holes, Thomas More, Oxford Movement, parochial schools
- Catholic BibleNew Testament, Old Testament, Gospels, Pentateuch, historical books
- Christian Saintshagiographies, confessors, mystics, hermits, holy women
- Asian Missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, missionary societies, mission schools, missionary schools
- Indian CatholicismGoa, Kerala, Mother Teresa, Saint Thomas, Bombay
- Nordic Reformationstate church
Catholic bishopsparish priests
Local church leaders
deacons · lay ministers · priests · seminarians · altar servers
catholic, bishop, catholicity, bishopric, bishops, episcopal