Main Difference
The main difference between Pastor and Bishop is that the Pastor is a ordained leader of a Christian congregation and Bishop is a ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy (for Catholic bishops, use Q611644, for Orthodox bishops, use Q15283040).
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Pastor
A pastor is an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. A pastor also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation.
It is derived from the Latin word pastor, meaning shepherd. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, the term may be abbreviated to “Pr” or “Ptr” (singular) or “Ps” (plural).
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Bishop
A bishop (English derivation from the New Testament of the Christian Bible Greek επίσκοπος, epískopos, “overseer”, “guardian”) is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.
Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic and Independent Catholic churches and in the Assyrian Church of the East, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles. Within these churches, bishops are seen as those who possess the full priesthood and can ordain clergy – including another bishop. Some Protestant churches including the Lutheran and Methodist churches have bishops serving similar functions as well, though not always understood to be within apostolic succession in the same way. One who has been ordained deacon, priest, and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the (ministerial) priesthood, given responsibility by Christ to govern, teach and sanctify the Body of Christ, members of the Faithful. Priests, deacons and lay ministers cooperate and assist their bishops in shepherding a flock.
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Pastor (noun)
A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
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Pastor (noun)
Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
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Pastor (noun)
A minister or a priest in a Christian church.
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Pastor (verb)
To serve a pastor
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Bishop (noun)
An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church’s priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
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Bishop (noun)
A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
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Bishop (noun)
Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
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Bishop (noun)
The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
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Bishop (noun)
The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil (“elephant”) and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
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Bishop (noun)
Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
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Bishop (noun)
A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
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Bishop (noun)
A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
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Bishop (noun)
A bustle.
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Bishop (noun)
A children’s smock or pinafore.
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Bishop (verb)
To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another’s membership in the church.
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Bishop (verb)
To make a bishop.
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Bishop (verb)
To provide with bishops.
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Bishop (verb)
To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops’ role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
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Bishop (verb)
To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
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Bishop (verb)
To murder by drowning.