How to Use prelate in a Sentence

prelate

noun

• Pope John Paul II named him a prelate of honor in 1998.
  — al, 25 Mar. 2020
• Sarah is a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church and has been a cardinal since 2010.
  — Carlin Becker, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2020
• Yet the modest prelate’s vision for the Catholic Church made huge waves.
  — Janet I. Tu, The Seattle Times, 23 July 2018
• This is the second case to emerge in the pope’s own home, after a prelate tested positive last March.
  — Claire Giangravé | Relion News Service, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
• The prelate kept focus on the survivors, the victims and even the alleged shooter, an 18-year-old named Salvador Ramos who was gunned down at the brick school.
  — Dallas News, 28 May 2022
• Francis said Wednesday after shaking hands with prelates and the faithful in the front rows of a crowd in which few people wore masks.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2020
• Archbishop Cordileone isn’t the first American prelate to bar a Catholic politician from the sacrament.
  — J.d. Flynn, WSJ, 22 May 2022
• Pell was the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to ever face charges for abusing children.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 June 2019
• How many prelates stood up when an imam and his assistant were murdered in Queens, or when a mosque was burned in Florida?
  — Kansascity, kansascity.com, 3 May 2017
• While criminal charges have been brought against more than 100 priests in Australia alone, few senior Catholic prelates around the world have been brought to account.
  — Alexandra Zavis, latimes.com, 29 June 2017
• If convicted, Cardinal Pell would be the highest-ranking Catholic prelate to be found guilty of abuse.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2018
• The activist prelate worked against South Africa's apartheid regime that oppressed the country's Black majority.
  — Andrew Meldrum, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
• In the Catholic Church, prelates don’t have the authority to investigate each other.
  — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2018
• Victims hope that the criminal trial of the former prelate will send a strong signal that no one, no matter how powerful, is above the law.
  — CBS News, 3 Sep. 2021
• The trial in a criminal court in Lyon, which starts on Monday, comes as the Catholic Church is under fire over its handling of prelates embroiled in abuse scandals.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
• The first Catholic bishop was ordained in China under a new arrangement between the state and the Vatican which gives both a say in appointing prelates.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
• Bishop Farrell is among the few prelates in the United States to issue emphatic pleas for gun control, a surprising move for a bishop based in the open-carry state of Texas.
  — Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2016
• The prelate, 60, is the first member of the Dalit community, considered the lowest rung of India’s caste system, to become a cardinal.
  — Frances D'emilio, al, 27 Aug. 2022
• The prelate, 60, is the first member of the Dalit community, considered the lowest rung of India's caste system, to become a cardinal.
  — Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• The prelate had been holed up at the residence in Matagalpa for two weeks, rationing food as police posted outside wouldn’t allow supplies to be brought in.
  — Juan Montes, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• Cardinal Becciu seemed a prelate on the rise in the Francis pontificate, often traveling with the pope.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
• In 2000, she was consecrated as a presiding prelate, a high-ranking office within the Christian church.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 21 Dec. 2020
• Its constituent parts were told to place themselves under the authority of the main Orthodox prelates in their respective countries.
  — The Economist, 9 Sep. 2019
• The cathedral is the residence of Timothy Cardinal Dolan, a prominent Catholic prelate.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2023
• The pope has faced criticism for supporting prelates accused of committing abuse or covering it up.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019
• The prelate was allowed to resume pastoral work, a decision that the church said was made by a lower-ranking official without consulting the archbishop.
  — Fox News, 20 Jan. 2022
• The Catholic prelate, age 90, was arrested and charged with violating the city’s national security law.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 May 2022
• Among the Vatican’s confirmed cases is an Italian prelate who lives at a Vatican hotel where Francis resides.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2020
• Bishop Lei is one of several Catholic prelates who have been appointed by China’s state religious authorities without the blessing of the pope.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• The German prelate’s critique of the instrumentum laboris is especially sharp.
  — The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024