What name is given to the stylized hooked staff carried by a bishop?
Correct answer: Crosier

kgb
It also symbolizes the role that a bishop plays as pastor of the faithful within his/her diocese, bringing those who have figuratively strayed back into the flock, in keeping with the symbol of Jesus as "The Good Shepherd."

Tom
A mitre is the hat that bishops wear.

Karen 7
I think of the Ten Commandments where the staff Moses had turned into a snake. I never knew there was another name for it