08 March 2021

Over 45,000 Bishops

Once again, I've been working on some older data entry for the site. In doing so, it has passed a milestone: it now has data on over 45,000 Bishops. The recent additions include many French bishops from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Here is a quick table showing how the data has expanded over time:

YearMonthBishopsMonths from previous
2002Jun5,000
2002Nov10,0005
2003Oct15,00011
2006Sep20,00035
2009Jan25,00028
2011Feb30,00025
2014Jan35,00035
2018Aug40,00055
2021Mar45,00031

(Note: there are a few "bishops" on the site that are not really bishops. These are mostly either ordinaries of a jurisdiction such as a prefecture or cardinals that were not also bishops.)