Examples of prelate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Burke, a cardinal prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, was scheduled to participate in several Masses over the past few weeks at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which was founded by Burke. — Jennifer Henderson And Polo Sandoval, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021 Bishop Reginald Jackson, the presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), which includes over 500 churches in Georgia, also applauded the Justice Department on Friday. — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 25 June 2021 Bishop Brandon Porter, pastor of Greater Community Temple COGIC in North Memphis and jurisdictional prelate of the Tennessee Central Jurisdiction. — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2021 In 2000, she was consecrated as a presiding prelate, a high-ranking office within the Christian church. — Brooklyn White, Essence, 21 Dec. 2020 The Roman Catholic bishop of Orange County is suing a former charity administrator for libel, an escalation in the prelate’s dispute with influential church philanthropists who have complained to the Vatican about his firing of a nonprofit board. — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020 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 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

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