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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Bishop, Elder, Presbyter
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Abbo a Bishop of Soissons
• Abbo Bishop of Nevers
• Abraham (Bishop)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Auckland, Bishop
• Bishop
• Bishop of Hippo
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Alexander (Early Bishops)
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Amolo, Bishop of Lyons
• Bishop of the Jews
• Hilary, the Bishop
Lexicons
• ܐܶܦ݁ܺܝܣܩܽܘܦ݁ܳܐ
• ܣܳܥܽܘܪܳܐ
• ἐπισκοπή
• ἐπίσκοπος

(Greek: episkopos, overseer)

Divinely instituted member of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, and successor of the Apostles. The Sacrament of Orders, i.e.,consecration, confers on bishops spiritual power in the Church, and imprints on their souls an indelible spiritual character. In the hierarchy of orders they are superior to priests; in the hierarchy of jurisdiction by Christ's will, they rule a diocese, in due dependence and submission to the Roman pontiff.

Notable occurences of bishops in art include

Saint Ambrose of Milan bishop holding a church in his hand

Saint Juvenal of Narni bishop holding a chalice

bishop with a sword in his teeth