A bishop is a Christian cleric of authority.

Bishop, Bishops, Bishop's, or The Bishop may also refer to:

Places

Antarctica

  • Bishop Peak (Antarctica)
  • Mount Bishop (Antarctica)

Australia<span class="anchor" id="Elsewhere"></span>

  • Bishop Island (Queensland), an island

Canada

  • Bishop Island, Nunavut
  • Bishop River, British Columbia
  • Bishop Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Mount Bishop (Camelsfoot Range), British Columbia
  • Mount Bishop (Elk Range), on the British Columbia–Alberta boundary
  • Mount Bishop (Fannin Range), British Columbia

United Kingdom

  • Bishop Auckland, a town in County Durham, England, aka "Bishop"
  • Bishop's ward, in the London Borough of Lambeth

United States

  • Bishop, California, a city
  • Bishop, Georgia, a small town
  • Bishop, Illinois, an unincorporated community
  • Bishop, Maryland, an unincorporated community
  • Cecil, an unincorporated community in Cecil-Bishop, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
  • Bishop, Texas, a city
  • Bishop, Virginia and West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Bishop, Washington, a ghost town
  • Bishop Arts District, Dallas
  • Bishop Paiute Tribe reservation
  • Bishop Peak (California)
  • Bishop Subbasin, an aquifer in California
  • Bishop's Block, Iowa, a building

People

  • Bishop (surname)
  • The Bishop, pseudonym of John Tomkins, a convicted American extortionist
  • Robert Bishop (artist), bondage artist, known by the pseudonym "Bishop"
  • Bishop Davenport (born 2003), American football player

Animals

  • Bishop, birds of the genus Euplectes 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 (Marvel 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), 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 (band), a Straight Edge hardcore band from Florida
  • The Bishops, a British band
  • Bishop Briggs, stage name of British-American singer and songwriter Sarah Grace McLaughlin (born 1992)
  • Bishop Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), American entertainer

Schools

  • Bishop College, Marshall, Texas, United States, a historically black college
  • Bishop State Community College, Mobile, Alabama, United States
  • Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  • Diocesan College, also known as Bishops, a private school in Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa
  • The Bishop's School, La Jolla, California, United States, an Episcopal day school
  • The Bishop's Education Society, Pune, India, a private school

Other uses

  • Bishop (chess), a chess piece that moves diagonally
  • Bishop Airport (disambiguation)
  • Bishop (artillery), a British Second World War self-propelled gun
  • Bishop, a form of mulled wine
  • Bishop, a type of sleeve
  • Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

See also

  • Bishops' Wars of 1639 and 1640, wars in Scotland and England generally viewed as the starting point of the 1639–1652 Wars of the Three Kingdoms