How to Use diocese in a Sentence

diocese

noun

• The Post approached other priests in the diocese about the case.
  — Alain Uaykani, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• That project fell through, and the diocese bought the property in 2020.
  — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
• The claims of abuse were made against 451 members of the state's six Catholic dioceses.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 23 May 2023
• Have the Maryland diocese and the church learned the right lessons from the Heather Cook debacle?
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• Sloan retires at the end of 2020 and Curry will take over as head of the diocese.
  — al, 30 June 2020
• The fifth-grader stabbed the girl in the neck and chin, according to police and the diocese.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
• Iffert was ordained a priest in 1997 for the diocese of Belleville.
  — The Enquirer, 13 July 2021
• Haight was ordained in 1976 and spent the rest of his career in the Albany diocese.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
• And a spokeswoman for the diocese has declined to comment.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• Had the case reached the court in July or August, the diocese would likely be out of luck.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
• The Diocese of Phoenix was made aware of the issue in the summer of 2021, said Kate Burke, spokesperson for the diocese.
  — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2022
• The fire burned the parish hall, classrooms and a foodbank, according to the diocese.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
• In Michigan, 10 Chaldean Catholic churches are part of the Chaldean diocese.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021
• The diocese, which is located in Spain, explained that the tomb was last opened in 1914.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
• LeVoir has been bishop of the Catholic diocese since 2008.
  — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
• He was removed from ministry in 1993, the diocese says.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• This from a guy who refused to meet with survivors who as children were raped by a priest in the diocese.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• The diocese was certainly blessed to have Vikki as a leader at the school.
  — Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2020
• The diocese has been led by Bishop William Medley since 2010.
  — Jim Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2021
• For the use of the park, the Anchorage diocese applied for and was granted three permits.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2020
• The synagogue was sold to the diocese in the 1950s because there were very few Jewish people in the region.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
• Barrón said Rivas had worked for more than 20 years in the diocese of San Judas Tadeo.
  — Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2022
• Plishka argued the relics, which contained the bones of two of the church’s holy bishops, were personal gifts to him and not the diocese.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
• The diocese did so but did not disclose where the priests were relocated.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
• Some of the Catholic dioceses in those areas echoed Pittsburgh’s meat ban.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• The appeal by the Albany diocese asked the Supreme Court to take another look at that precedent.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021
• Martinez later told his parents, who alerted the diocese, and the priest was moved away.
  — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 11 Oct. 2021
• The diocese had filed for bankruptcy in 2020 after the lawsuits were filed.
  — Roman Catholic, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2022
• Asked whether the diocese was footing her legal bills, her lawyer declined to answer.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• The publicly available lists from the orders and dioceses vary in the criteria for inclusion.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025