A clergyman with the spiritual and administrative powers over a diocese or province of the Church.
This tympanum, at Notre-Dame Paris, is dated to about 1150 and was once part of the earlier cathedral of St Stephen.
The central image is that of the Madonna and Child with censing angels on either side, the other two figures are the Bishop of Paris Maurice de Sully, and King Louis VII of France.
Dated to between 1194 and 1230, this sculpture at Chartres Cathedral is on the left pillar of the left portal of the south porch. It depicts the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket who was killed, by two knights from the court of Henry II, in Canterbury Cathedral.
This stained glass window (1245-1255) is in the north aisle of Reims Cathedral, depicts one of the medieval bishops of Reims.
These stained glass panel are dated from about 1400, and contain an Annunciation scene in the left lancet, and St Peter, and Peter Beaublé bishop of Uzès, the kneeling donor figure, in the right lancet.
Part of the founders window at Great Malvern this panel (c1450) shows the monk Aldwin being given a blessing by bishop Wulstan of Worcester.
This section of the fifteenth-century east window at Great Malvern Priory forms part of one of the finest ensembles of medieval stained glass in England. The three surviving lights depict, from left to right, the winged ox of St Luke, St John the Baptist, and St Wulstan, Bishop of Worcester.
15th centry images of St Christopher, an archbishop, and the symbol of St Matthew as a winged man.
Polychrome sculpture at Amiens Cathedral depicting the Exhumation of the remains of St Firmin.
This is part of a series that were sculpted between 1490 and 1530 telling the story of the Amiens saint Firmin.
Medieval stained glass from the 15th century of a Madonna and Child in the right hand panel. The left hand panel depicts Bishop Wannard, or Saint Wannard.
Bust of Bishop of Worcester James Johnson (d1774) by Joseph Nollekens.
This fresco of [no-glossary]St John Chrysostom[/no-glossary] is by the Maltese painter Giuseppe Cali. It is part of the decoration below the main dome in the church.
Part of a stained glass window by Pierre Carron, this panel in the Apstles Chapel of Orleans Cathedral, represents some of the early Bishops of Orleans.