Bishop (disambiguation) explained

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)

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

Elsewhere

• Bishop Island (Queensland), Australia

People

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

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 (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
• Bishop, in the computer game (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