Bishop (VTM)

Bishop is a title held by a Sabbat vampire, who serves or advises an Archbishop, or a vampire who maintains Sabbat influence in a city with aid of others of equal status.

Overview

Bishops are those immediately below the Archbishop but above Priests in Sabbat domains, with the same high level duties but much narrower scope.

A Bishop may be in charge of a single aspect of Cainite unlife in the domain, or they may be a more general spiritual leader, inquisitor against diabolism, military general, or any other specific aspect of Sabbat agenda.

Those who are in the know liken bishops to the primogen of the Camarilla, and some Sabbat domains that have no Archbishop are ruled by a council of Bishops instead.

Duties

Shrewd and savvy, the bishops administrate the nightly affairs of the Sabbat. Their duties include:

• Advise their Archbishops;
• Assist Archbishops in clan matters when necessary;
• May remove the initiated status from a lower-ranked member of the Sabbat;
• May promote or demote others of lower rank;

Known Bishops

Name	Diocese	Clan	Generation	Time Active	Source(s)
Alfred Benezri (he eventually rose to the position of Archbishop)	Montreal, Canada	Panders	8th	since the late 1990s	Children of the Night, p. 18
Almira Veracruz	Oakland, California	Lasombra	10th	?	Clanbook: Lasombra Revised, p. 93
Andrew Emory	Portland, Oregon	Lasombra	11th	until November 2000	Clanbook: Lasombra Revised, p. 17, et al. Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 1: Shards, p. 33, et al. Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 2: Shadows, p. 34, et al. Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 3: Sacrifices, p. 40, et al. Gehenna: The Final Night, p. 117
Antonio Veradas	Leon, Nicaragua	Brujah antitribu (actually True Brujah)	6th	?	A World of Darkness Second Edition Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 182-183
Armando Mendes	New York City	?	?	until 1999	Clan Novel: Brujah, p. 244-245 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 359
Brandenberg	Baltimore, Maryland	?	?	until ~2002	Archons & Templars, p. 42
Cicatriz	Tijuana, Mexico	Nosferatu antitribu	9th	?	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition, p. 89 Guide to the Sabbat, p. 23, 29, 90 Children of the Night, p. 31-32 Guide to the Anarchs, p. 122 Archons & Templars, p. 81
Drew	Buffalo, New York	?	?	?	Archons & Templars, p. 51-52, 60
Ecaterina the Wise	New York City	Brujah antitribu	7th (was 8th)	circa 1661 to 1969	Transylvania by Night, p. 63 New York by Night, p. 16-21, 23
Elieser de Polanco	?	Lasombra	7th	?	Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 538
Epiphany	Fulton County	?	?	newly appointed as of 1999	Guide to the Sabbat, p. 184
Ezekiel	Montreal	Serpents of the Light	8th (was 9th)		Montreal by Night, p. 100 - 101
Federic Montaigne	?	?	?	circa 1804-1919	Guide to the Sabbat, p. 18 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 115, 135 Caine's Chosen: The Black Hand, p. 59
Francisco	Old City	?	?	sometime after 1993	Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 1: Shards, p. 57
Giangaleazzo (probably erroneous; is actually an Archbishop)	Milan, Italy	Lasombra	7th	circa late 19th century	Clanbook: Brujah Revised, p. 99
Guiterez	?	?	?	?	Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 1: Shards, p. 210
Jefferson Foster	possibly Toronto, Canada	Ventrue antitribu	9th	?	Vampire Players Guide Second Edition, p. 133
Jonas Van Cortlandt	New York City	?	?	1804-1862	New York by Night, p. 18-19, 23
José Chavez	El Paso, Texas	Lasombra	10th	circa 1970	The_Ventrue_Chronicle, p. 128
Judas	Brisbane, Australia	?	?	?	A World of Darkness Second Edition
Dr. Julius Sutphen	Atlanta, Georgia	Lasombra	9th (was 10th)	circa 1999-2003	Clanbook: Lasombra Revised, p. 46 Caine's Chosen: The Black Hand, p. 21
Laszlo Mirac	?	Ventrue antitribu	?	?	Guide to the Camarilla, p. 57
Louisa Baker	Madagascar Fleet	Lasombra	?	?	Clanbook: Lasombra Revised, p. 49
Lutz Persson	Oslo, Norway (contested)	?	?	?	Guide to the Sabbat, p. 55
Mark	Torrence, California	Blood Brothers	9th	?	VTM: The Players Guide, p. 126 Vampire Players Guide Second Edition, p. 125 Children of the Night, p. 30-31
Munther al-Aswad	Cairo, Egypt	Lasombra	8th	circa 2001	Cairo by Night, p. 107-108 Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 3: Sacrifices, p. 39, et al.
Nora Clemones	Quebec, Canada	?	?	?	Players Guide to the Sabbat, p. 86
Néstor Lavagna	Mendoza, Argentina	Lasombra	?	?	Children of the Revolution, p.
Orlando Oriundus	?	Tremere antitribu	5th	Modern Nights	Orlando VTES card
Otahyoni	New York City	Tzimisce	?	until 1679	New York by Night, p. 18-19, 23
Paul Cordwood	?	Tremere Antitribu	7th	?	House of Tremere, p. 79
Paul Pierre LaMont	?	Toreador antitribu	9th	1595-1740s	Archons & Templars, p. 35
Radu Bistri	New York City	Tzimisce	7th	1792-1801	New York by Night, p. 18, 23
The Rose	Montreal	Tzimisce	9th		Montreal by Night, p. 77 - 78
Salem Justice	Miami, Florida	Tzimisce	?	?	Clanbook: Tzimisce Revised, p. 26
Sebastian	Atlanta, Georgia	?	?	1999	Clan Novel: Tzimisce, p. 266 Clan Novel: Malkavian, p. 124, 164-166 Clan Novel: Brujah, p. 209 Clan Novel Saga Volume 1: The Fall of Atlanta, p. 519 Clan Novel Saga Volume 3: Bloody September, p. 387, 421-422 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 321
Silence	Brisbane, Australia	?	?	?	A World of Darkness Second Edition
Simon Orozco	New York City	?	?	1993-1999	New York by Night, p. 20, 23
Soul	Brisbane, Australia	?	?	?	A World of Darkness Second Edition
Stimson	Nogales	?	?	circa 2002	Archons & Templars, p. 42
Talley, The Hound	?	Lasombra	7th	?	Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 1: Shards, p. 47
Turlev	New York City	Lasombra	?	1866-1990	New York by Night, p. 18-20, 23
Virginie	Dublin, Ireland	Lasombra	8th (was 12th)	since 1999	Chaining the Beast, p. 121

References

• VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition, p. 27
• VTM: Guide to the Sabbat, p. 46, 206