Possible Clues:

• Main — church dignitary
• Point like this for the compass or in church
• Can laird become chief? Yes, with skulduggery
• Word to describe one or two of the highest importance
• Character at home with gangster is church dignitary
• Bird and beast (the last in German) recently upgraded
• Scarlet; fundamental
• Vivid red of a senior bishop?
• High-ranking official of the Roman Catholic church
• He has a point - four of them to be precise