bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

is a person of authority in a Christian church. Bishop, Bishops or Bishop's may also refer to:

Religious roles

Bishop (Catholic Church) In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Ch ...

Bishop (Eastern Orthodox Church) A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Bishop (Latter Day Saints) In the Latter Day Saint movement, a bishop is the highest office of the Aaronic priesthood. It is almost always held by one who holds the office of high priest in the Melchizedek priesthood. The Latter Day Saint concept of the office differs signi ...

* Bishop (Methodism)

Places

Antarctica

Bishop Peak (Antarctica) Bishop Peak is a peak, rising to , near the center of Rampart Ridge, in the Royal Society Range. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Nam ...

Mount Bishop (Antarctica) Mount Bishop may refer to: * Mount Bishop (Elk Range) on the Continental Divide and the boundary between the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada * Mount Bishop (Fannin Range) in the North Shore Mountains of British Columbia, Canada * M ...

Canada

Bishop Island Bishop Island is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Frobisher Bay, approximately southwest of Iqaluit. Hill Island and Faris Island are in the immediate vicinity. ...

, Nunavut *

Bishop River The Bishop River is a river in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, flowing west from the western edge of the Lillooet Icecap to join the Southgate River east of the Homathko Icefield. Bishop River Provincial Park surrounds the upper course ...

, British Columbia *

Bishop Street Bishop Street (officially in french: rue Bishop) is a north–south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With a total length of 0.6 km, it links Sherbrooke Street in the north to René Lévesque Boulevard in the south. Like n ...

, Montreal, Quebec, Canada *

Mount Bishop (Camelsfoot Range) Mount Bishop is a mountain in the Camelsfoot Range in the Lillooet Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia. Named for an old settler, it is located four km north of the settlement of Moha, which is at the confluence of the Bridge and ...

, British Columbia *

Mount Bishop (Elk Range) Mount Bishop is a mountain named in 1918 after W.A. "Billy" Bishop VC who was a Colonel and a Canadian fighter pilot awarded the Victoria Cross during World War I. It is located in the Elk Range of the Canadian Rockies and sits on the Continent ...

, on the British Columbia–Alberta boundary *

Mount Bishop (Fannin Range) Mount Bishop is a mountain located on the northern border of Mount Seymour Provincial Park in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a part of the North Shore Mountains, rising from the shores of Indian Arm to a summit of . Moun ...

, British Columbia

United Kingdom

Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham. Much of the town's early history surro ...

, a town in County Durham, England, aka "Bishop" *

Bishop's ward Bishop's ward is an administrative division of the London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom. It is located in the north of the borough, bounded by the river Thames, and contains many well known London sites including the Southbank Centre, the L ...

, in the London Borough of Lambeth

United States

* Bishop, California, a city *

Bishop, Georgia Bishop is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 332. The town's historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.Bishop, Illinois, an unincorporated community *

Bishop, Maryland Bishop is an unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. Bishop is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 113 and Maryland Route 367, just south of the Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bishop, Texas Bishop is a city in Nueces County, Texas, Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,134 in the United States Census 2010, 2010 census, down from 3305 in United States Census 2000, 2000 census. History Bishop is a small town in so ...

, a city *

Bishop, Virginia and West Virginia Bishop is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, and Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. Bishop lies on the Virginia-West Virginia state line at the intersection of West Virginia Route 16 and West Virginia Ro ...

, an unincorporated community * Bishop, Washington, a ghost town * Bishop Airport (Decatur, Texas), U.S. * Bishop Arts District, Dallas *

Bishop Paiute Tribe The Bishop Paiute Tribe, formerly known as the Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony is a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians of the Owens Valley, in Inyo County of eastern California.

reservation * Bishop Peak (California) * Bishop Subbasin, an aquifer in California * Bishop's Block, Iowa * Cecil-Bishop, Pennsylvania, aka Cecil or Bishop

Elsewhere

* Bishop Island (Queensland), Australia

People

* Bishop (musician) (b. 1992), singer-songwriter *

Bishop (surname) Bishop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A–G * A. C. Bishop (fl. late 19th century), American politician * Abby Bishop (born 1988), Australian professional basketball player * Adelaide Bishop (1928–2008), American operati ...

* The Bishop, pseudonym of

John Tomkins John Patrick Tomkins is an American who was convicted of sending several threatening letters and bomb-like devices to financial firms in the Midwest, Midwestern United States under the pseudonym The Bishop. A machinist and lifelong resident of Dubu ...

, a convicted American extortionist *

Robert Bishop (artist) Robert K. Bishop (1945-1991) was a bondage artist best known for his images of restrained and gagged women published by the House of Milan, for which he also worked as production manager. His main work period was during the 1970s and early 1980s ...

, bondage artist, known by the pseudonym "Bishop"

Animals

* Bishop, a birds of the genus ''

Euplectes ''Euplectes'' is a genus of passerine bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It contains the bishops and widowbirds. They are all native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is believed that all birds in the genus are probably polygynous. The gen ...

'' in the Weaver family, Ploceidae * ''Bishops'' (mammal), genus of Mesozoic mammals in the family Ausktribosphenidae

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Bishop (''Aliens''), in the ''Alien'' series of films, played by Lance Henriksen * Bishop (comics), in Marvel Comics' ''X-Men'' books * Bishop, in the film '' Juice'', played by Tupac Shakur * Bishop, a Fangire in the 2008 series '' Kamen Rider Kiva'' * Bishop, in '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2'' * Bishop, in the computer game '' Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds'' (1993) * Bishop, a character class in the game '' Wizardry'' * Obispo "Bishop" Losa, a main character in the FX television series ''Mayans M.C.'' *

The Bishop (Monty Python) ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' is a British Surreal humour, surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, who became known as "Monty Python", for BBC ...

, a secret agent in a Monty Python skit

Literature

* ''The Bishop'' (novel), a 1970 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall * "The Bishop" (short story), a 1902 short story by Anton Chekhov

Music

Bishop (American band) Bishop A.C. (formerly xBISHOPx) was an American straight edge hardcore band, forming in 2004 and originating in Florida, United States. The band features current and former members of Until the End, Remembering Never, xReign of Terrorx, and Suff ...

, a Straight Edge hardcore band from Florida * The Bishops, a British band

Schools

* Bishop College, Marshall, Texas, United States, a historically black college *

Bishop State Community College Bishop State Community College (BSCC) is a Public college, public, Historically black colleges and universities, historically black Community_college#United_States, community college with campuses and facilities throughout Mobile County, Alabama, ...

, Mobile, Alabama, US *

Bishop's University Bishop's University (french: Université Bishop's) is a small English-language Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Lennoxville, a borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The founder of the institution was the Anglican Diocese of Quebe ...

in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada * Diocesan College, also known as Bishops, a school in Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa * The Bishop's School (La Jolla), California, United States *

The Bishop's School (Pune) The Bishop's School is an Indian private, unaided (independent) minority school, for boarding and day students between Nursery and 12th grade. It is located in Pune, which is the cultural capital of the state of Maharashtra. It was founded in 18 ...

, India

Other uses

Bishop (chess) The bishop (♗, ♝) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along without jumping over intervening pieces. Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the and the king, the other between the and the queen. ...

, a chess piece *

Bishop (artillery) The Bishop was a British self-propelled gun vehicle based on the Valentine tank and armed with the 25 pounder gun-howitzer, which could fire an HE shell or an armour-piercing shell. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self-propelled g ...

, a British Second World War self-propelled gun * Bishop, a form of mulled wine * Bishop, a type of sleeve *

Bishop Museum The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the lar ...

, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.