bishopess

/bɪʃ.əˈpɛs/

Etymology

From bishop + -ess.

bishopess means A female bishop. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A female bishop.“Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.”
The wife of a bishop.