Bishop
A bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders. As a successor to the apostles, he serves as a chief pastor assigned to teach doctrine, govern a specific geographic area called a diocese, and sanctify the faithful.
The assignment of individual saints to a particular class within the database is ongoing, and so the list of Saints of this class may be incomplete. The Shrine asks your patience as we work to catalog the extensive collection of relics we retain!
Cornelius the Centurion, 1st Bishop of Caesarea (+1st century)Lazarus of Bethany, "The Resurrected One" / First Bishop of Cyprus (+1st century)James the Just, "Brother of the Lord", First Bishop of Jerusalem, author of the Epistle (x2) (+c.62AD)Ananias of Damascus, Bishop and Martyr (Converted St. Paul) (+c.65AD)Joseph Barsabbas, Bishop of Eleutheropolis & Martyr (+c.68AD)Philemon of Colossae, Bishop & Martyr (+c.68AD)Dionysius the Areopagite, Disciple of St. Paul, First Bishop of Athens, Martyr (x2) (+c.96AD)Timothy, Bishop of Ephesus (+c.97AD)Onesimus, Bishop and Martyr (+c.99AD)Simeon, Second Bishop of Jerusalem and Cousin of Our Lord (+c.107AD)Papias, Bishop of Hieropolis, Apostolic Father, Martyr ("Hearer of John", Companion of Polycarp and St. Irenaeus of Lyons) (+c.130AD)Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Father of the Church, Martyr (+155AD)Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, and Father of the Church (x2) (+258AD)Fructuosus, Bishop of Tarragona, Martyr (+259AD)Chrysogonus, Bishop of Aquileia, Martyr (+304AD)Januarius (Gennaro), Bishop of Benevento and Martyr (+305AD)Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste and Martyr (+316AD)Basil the Great, Bishop of Cappadocian Caesarea and Father of the Church (x2) (+379AD)Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop and Father of the Church (+c.394AD)Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Father of the Church (Spiritual Father of St. Augustine) (+397AD)Martin of Tours, Bishop (+397AD)Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Father of the Church (+430AD)Hubert, Bishop of Liege (+727AD)Donatus (a.k.a.: "Donato") the Confessor, Bishop of Europa, Albania (+876AD)John Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia (+1860AD)Theodore Romzha, Ruthenian Bishop of Mukachene, Martyr (Under the Communist yoke) (+1947AD)Paul Gojdic, Rusyn Bishop of Presov & Martyr (Under the yoke of Soviet Communism) (+1960AD)Basil (Vasil) Hopko, Auxiliary Bishop of Presov & Martyr (Under the Communist Yoke) (+1976AD) |
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church"
~St. Tertullian |
