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Recent Examples of bishop
Unlike the municipal hospital system, which relied on local officials to implement desegregation, a Catholic hospital required only the decision of the local bishop.
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Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
The Vatican office for the synod, or gathering of bishops, released a timetable through 2028 to implement the reforms and said Francis had approved the calendar last week.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Unlike a synod of bishops, this will be a unique gathering of bishops, clergy, monks, friars, nuns and lay men and women.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Vance chided bishops over immigration earlier in February.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
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Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
The Vatican office for the synod, or gathering of bishops, released a timetable through 2028 to implement the reforms and said Francis had approved the calendar last week.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Unlike a synod of bishops, this will be a unique gathering of bishops, clergy, monks, friars, nuns and lay men and women.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
Vance chided bishops over immigration earlier in February.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
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Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans told an inquisitive parishioner who once sent a letter to the religious leader seeking clarification, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The then archbishop of Buenos Aires, Adolfo Tortolo, was close friends with Videla, the regime’s first and most brutal leader.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Francis left the hospital on March 23 after 38 days in hospital, the longest of his four stays since his election as pope 12 years ago.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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In February, the palace said Charles and his wife Queen Camilla would travel to Rome in April for the couple to meet the 88-year-old pope, but days later Francis was taken to hospital with a severe respiratory infection.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Among the film’s interviewees are two former nuns at the school and the abbot who supervised several of the priests accused of rape and murder.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 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 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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Davis has since worked as a professor, a dean and a university president.—
Elissa Nadworny,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
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Another dean, Sinclair, took Lyle into an office to wait for Anderson, who still couldn’t be reached, according to the complaint.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
21 Mar. 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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The life of the court and contemplative life were two models in which the leisure of the lord, the prelate, and the warrior could function.—
Walter Benjamin,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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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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Its pastor rejoiced Have the flu or know someone with it?—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The renowned pastor joined the TODAY show on March 26 to discuss the health scare.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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