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Recent Examples of archbishop
Klobuchar will issue a call to order, and Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and the Rev. Franklin Graham will deliver an invocation.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
He was named the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardin...
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ABC News' Joe Simonetti and Helena Skinner contributed to this report.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Clinton’s action was supported by archbishops in New York and Puerto Rico — but condemned by the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. attorney’s office and a big majority of Congress.
—Ron Faucheux, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
Today, many cardinals are engaged in pastoral ministry, as bishops of a diocese or archbishops of a larger archdiocese.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025
He was named the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardin...
Corbis via Getty Images
ABC News' Joe Simonetti and Helena Skinner contributed to this report.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Clinton’s action was supported by archbishops in New York and Puerto Rico — but condemned by the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. attorney’s office and a big majority of Congress.
—Ron Faucheux, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
Today, many cardinals are engaged in pastoral ministry, as bishops of a diocese or archbishops of a larger archdiocese.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
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Jérémie attaches himself to a local bishop (Jacques Develay) in the process, sending everyone, including the village priest, into a psychosexual frenzy.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Holy Father has clearly identified for the U.S. bishops and Church the protection and advocacy for the dignity of migrants as the preeminent urgency at this moment.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Several Christian groups in the United States have also called for prayers for the pope.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Vatican hasn’t specified what type of respiratory tract infection the pope has.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.—
Hannah Peart,
NBC News,
28 Oct. 2024
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The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2024
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At the time of the bishops’ appeal, Lai had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for almost 1,000 days, and the prelates were polite ...—
George Weigel,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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Francis delegated a Vatican prelate to participate in a Mass for him on Sunday.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.—
David Tarrant,
Dallas News,
6 Apr. 2020
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In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.—
Nicholas Rowan,
Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2020
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John Cranfield, interim dean of the University of Guelph's agricultural college, added that empty shelves could lead customers to shop with competitors.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2025
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Smith, also a defendant in the pending lawsuit against UNCSA, stepped down from his position as music dean the year after Shipps’ departure.—
Sara Coello,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
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The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.—
Allie Gross,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Aug. 2017
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“Archbishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archbishop. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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