firstBishop

P16625
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the first bishop (earliest in time or rank) associated with or holding episcopal authority over another entity.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
firstBishop canonical 84
firstArchbishop 9
firstBishopTraditionally 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: firstBishop
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the first bishop (earliest in time or rank) associated with or holding episcopal authority over another entity.

Sample triples (104)

Subject Object
Archdiocese of New York R. Luke Concanen ⓘ
Lincoln Cathedral Remigius de Fécamp ⓘ
Archbishopric of Lima Jerónimo de Loayza ⓘ
Archbishopric of Lima Jerónimo de Loayza via predicate surface "firstArchbishop" ⓘ
Diocese of Worcester Bosel ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Maine Henry Adams Neely ⓘ
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Henry Hodge Gresford Jones ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Albany William Croswell Doane ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island Abram Newkirk Littlejohn ⓘ
Manila Cathedral Domingo de Salazar ⓘ
Diocese of Toronto John Strachan ⓘ
Diocese of Toronto John Strachan via predicate surface "foundingBishop" ⓘ
Diocese of Münster Ludger ⓘ
linked to: Liudger
Roman Catholic Diocese of Magdeburg Leo Nowak via predicate surface "firstDiocesanBishop" ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Henry Benjamin Whipple ⓘ
Diocese of El Camino Real C. Shannon Mallory ⓘ
Diocese of Carabayllo Lino Panizza Richero ⓘ
Diocese of Lurín José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama ⓘ
Diocese of Monmouth Charles Green ⓘ
Diocese of Chosica Norberto Strotmann Hoppe ⓘ
Bishopric of Antwerp Franciscus Sonnius ⓘ
Bishopric of 's-Hertogenbosch Franciscus Sonnius ⓘ
Diocese of Sheffield Leonard Burrows ⓘ
Bishopric of Haarlem Nicolaas van Nieuwland ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Trois-Rivières Thomas Cooke ⓘ
Diocese of Crediton Eadwulf of Crediton ⓘ
Diocese of Ripon Charles Thomas Longley ⓘ
linked to: Charles Longley
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec François de Laval ⓘ
Bishopric of Utrecht Willibrord ⓘ
Diocese of Espoo Mikko Heikka ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Joseph Rosati ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Peter Richard Kenrick via predicate surface "firstArchbishop" ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila Domingo de Salazar ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila Ignacio de Santibáñez via predicate surface "firstArchbishop" ⓘ
Diocese of Feldkirch Bruno Wechner ⓘ
Westminster Cathedral Choir Cardinal Herbert Vaughan via predicate surface "foundingBishop" ⓘ
Diocese of Stockholm Manfred Björkquist ⓘ
Archdiocese of Poznań Poland via predicate surface "firstBishopricIn" ⓘ
Diocese of Fontibón Enrique Sarmiento Angulo ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere Juan Horacio Suárez ⓘ
Archdiocese of Chicago William Quarter ⓘ
Archdiocese of Chicago Patrick Augustine Feehan via predicate surface "firstArchbishop" ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong Thomas Absolem McCabe ⓘ
Bishop of Wollongong Thomas Absolem McCabe ⓘ
Archdiocese of Nidaros Jon Birgerson via predicate surface "firstArchbishop" ⓘ
Diocese of Gardar Arnaldur ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba James Byrne ⓘ
Bishop of Antwerp Franciscus Sonnius ⓘ
Anglican Church in North America Robert Duncan via predicate surface "firstArchbishop" ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig Francisco C. San Diego ⓘ