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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

is a person of authority in a Christian church. In particular, see also:
  • Bishop (Catholic Church)
    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 the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

  • Bishop (Latter Day Saints)
  • Bishop (Orthodox Church)
    Bishop (Orthodox Church)
    A Bishop in the Orthodox Christian Church is the highest spiritual office within the Universal Church. Unlike in some other Christian denominations, an Orthodox bishop cannot interfere with other dioceses that are not under his own jurisdiction....


Characters

  • Bishop, a fictional character from the Alien series of films, played by Lance Henriksen
    Lance Henriksen
    Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....

  • Charles Bishop Weyland, a fictional character from the Alien vs. Predator film, played by Lance Henriksen
    Lance Henriksen
    Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....

  • John Bishop, fictional character in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated series, mainly set in New York City. It first aired on February 8, 2003 and ended on November 21, 2009...

     animated series
  • Bishop (Wizardry character class), a character class from the game wizardry
  • Bishop, a character from the 1993 computer game Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
    Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
    Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds is a 1993 first-person role-playing video game developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems. It is the sequel to Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. Set in the Ultima fantasy universe, the game puts the player in control of the...

  • Bishop, a Fangire in the 2008 series Kamen Rider Kiva
    Kamen Rider Kiva
    is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger...

  • Bishop, character class for Bangaas in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and 'Final Fantasy Tactics A2
  • Bishop, in MapleStory
    MapleStory
    MapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Nexon...

    , the 4th Job Advancement of the Magician
  • "Bishop", in the Suikoden
    Suikoden
    is a role-playing game series originally created by Yoshitaka Murayama. The game series is loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong. Shui Hu Zhuan is rendered as 水滸伝 in Japanese, and read as Suikoden...

     RPG series by Konami, a title given to religious/political leaders and army generals of the theological Kingdom of Holy Harmonia
  • Bishop, the last name and nickname of Tupac Shakur's character in Juice (film)
    Juice (film)
    Juice is a 1992 American crime drama film that stars rapper Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps. Additional cast members include Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Samuel L. Jackson, and features cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, EPMD, Special Ed, Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, Flex Alexander, Fab Five...

  • Walter Bishop (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
  • Elle Bishop
    Elle Bishop
    Eleanor Zoe Bishop, mostly known as Elle, is a fictional character on the NBC series Heroes. She is portrayed by Kristen Bell. Elle appeared as one of the new characters introduced in Season Two and according to contract, would continue on the series for at least 13 episodes into Season Three.Elle...

    , a fictional character in Heroes played by Kristen Bell
  • Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)
    Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)
    Hawkeye is a fictional character. She is a member of the Young Avengers, a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe...

    , the second Hawkeye, a member of Marvel Comics' Young Avengers
  • Bishop (comics)
    Bishop (comics)
    Bishop is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books...

    , a character in Marvel Comics' X-Men books
  • Lynette Bishop, a fictional character in the anime Strike Witches, named after Billy Bishop
  • The Bishop (Monty Python)
    The Bishop (Monty Python)
    The Bishop is a Monty Python sketch from season 2, episode 17 of Monty Python's Flying Circus . "The Bishop" is a parody of The Saint, a British crime-drama series of the 1960s starring Roger Moore as Simon Templar, enemy of gangland."The Bishop" stars Terry Jones as a crime-fighting bishop...

    , a fictional secret agent from a Monty Python skit
  • The name of the player character from Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is the sixth installment in the Rainbow Six series. It is a first person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007...

  • John Bishop, a gang leader in Fallout 2
    Fallout 2
    Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay in 1998. The game's story takes place in 2241, 80 years after the events of Fallout...

  • Minnie Bishop, a character from the anime/manga Strike Witches
    Strike Witches
    is a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...

  • Wilma Bishop, a fictional character from Strike Witches
    Strike Witches
    is a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...


Education

  • Bishop's University
    Bishop's University
    Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...

     in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  • Diocesan College
    Diocesan College
    The Diocesan College, or Bishops as it is more commonly known, is an independent, all-boys school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa...

    , also known as Bishops, a school in Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa

Geography

  • Bishop Auckland
    Bishop Auckland
    Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...

    , a town in County Durham, England. Colloquially known in the surrounding area as "Bishop".
  • Bishop, California
    Bishop, California
    Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California, United States. Though Bishop is the only city and the largest populated place in Inyo County, the county seat is Independence. Bishop is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4147 feet . The population was 3,879 at the...

    , a city in the United States
  • Bishop, Georgia
    Bishop, Georgia
    Bishop is a town in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 146 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bishop is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

    , a small town in the United States
  • Bishop, Texas
    Bishop, Texas
    Bishop is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,305 at the 2000 census, but decreased to 3,126 by 2009. Located on U.S...

    , a small town in the United States
  • Bishop Island
    Bishop Island
    Bishop Island is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian 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, Canada
  • Bishop Subbasin
    Bishop Subbasin
    The Bishop Subbasin is an aquifer that resides between two subsurface structures of the Tassajara Formation in the northern extremity of the Amador Valley. This aquifer is a sub-unit of the Livermore-Amador Groundwater Basin. The Bishop Subbasin is associated with the locale of San Ramon,...

    , a groundwater basin in the Livermore-Amador Valley, California, USA
  • Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, the largest private landowner in the State of Hawai'i
  • Bishops and Clerks
    Bishops and Clerks
    The Bishops and Clerks are a group of rocks and islets situated 1 to 2 miles west of Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.They include:*Carreg Rhoson*Carreg-trai*Cribog*Daufraich*Llechau-isaf*Llechau-uchaf*Maen Daufraich*Maen Rhoson*Moelyn...

    , Welsh islets
  • Bishop and Clerk Islets
    Bishop and Clerk Islets
    The Bishop and Clerk Islets lie approximately to the south of Macquarie Island. They are in area. The Bishop and Clerk Islets mark the southernmost point of Australia . These islets are mostly barren rock less than high and are geologically similar to Macquarie Island.Macquarie Shags have...

    , Australian islets

Music

  • Bishop (band)
    Bishop (band)
    Bishop, until 1999 known as Dead Bishop is a musical group from Albany, New York in the United States. The band is a three piece composed of "three brothers from the same mother," as is claimed on the band's . The band as a whole has been playing together since 1999, however elder brothers Tommy...

    , an American hard rock band from Albany, New York
  • Bishop Lamont
    Bishop Lamont
    Philip Martin , better known as Bishop Lamont is an American rapper from Carson, California. He was signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label but left in 2010.-Biography:...

     (born 1978), an American rapper
  • Bishop Allen
    Bishop Allen
    Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band's core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musical collaborators...

    , an American indie rock band
  • Bishop (American band), a Straight Edge hardcore band from Florida
  • The Bishops
    The Bishops
    The Bishops are a British indie rock band from London, UK.Mike and Pete Bishop are twin brothers and formed the band in 2002 when they met their eventual third member, Chris McConville, whilst working at their local pub, "The Kings Head", in Barbican...

    , British band

Other fields

  • Bishop (artillery)
    Bishop (artillery)
    The Bishop was a British self-propelled artillery vehicle based on the Valentine tank. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self-propelled gun armed with the 25 Pounder gun-howitzer, the vehicle had numerous problems, was produced in limited numbers and was soon replaced by better...

    , British self-propelled artillery vehicle during World War II
  • Bishop (chess)
    Bishop (chess)
    A bishop is a piece in the board game of chess. Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the king's knight and the king, the other between the queen's knight and the queen...

    , a piece in the game of chess
  • "The Bishop
    The Bishop
    The Bishop is the pseudonym of an anonymous person who sent several threatening letters and bomb-like devices to financial firms in the Midwestern United States in 2005 and 2007.-Beginning:...

    ", the pseudonym of an American mail bomber
  • Bishops (genus)
    Bishops (genus)
    Bishops is an extinct genus of Australosphenida or Theria from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Bishops whitmorei , was found on Flat Rocks, Victoria. The genus was named in honour of the Dr Barry Bishop, the former Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration,...

    , a genus of Mesozoic mammals in the family Ausktribosphenidae
  • Certain birds of the genus Euplectes
    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...

  • Bishop is a form of mulled wine, characteristically made with port, sugar and spices. It was a favourite of Dr Johnson's.
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