A high-ranking member of the clergy

Prelates

Vespasiano da Bisticci has written:

'Renaissance princes, popes and prelates'

Robinson Thornton has written:

'Lives of eminent Russian prelates: i. Nikon, sixth patriarch of Moscow (by R. Thornton), ii ..'

'St. Ambrose'

Ordinary denotes any person possessing or exercising ordinary jurisdiction. The pope and bishops are the primary ordinaries but it also includes others who have limited jurisdiction such as prelates and abbots.