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Recent Examples of apostolic
In 2014, he was named apostolic administrator and then bishop of Chiclayo, in northern Peru.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43
In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025
In these words, Peter, asked by the Master, together with the other disciples, about his faith in him, expressed the patrimony that the Church, through the apostolic succession, has preserved, deepened and handed on for two thousand years.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 9 May 2025
In 2014, the university awarded Prevost, then the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, an honorary doctor of humanities.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43
In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025
In these words, Peter, asked by the Master, together with the other disciples, about his faith in him, expressed the patrimony that the Church, through the apostolic succession, has preserved, deepened and handed on for two thousand years.
—Daniel Burke, NPR, 9 May 2025
In 2014, the university awarded Prevost, then the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, an honorary doctor of humanities.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostolic
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Freddie Clayton The Fisherman’s Ring is a signet ring presented to a new pope at his inauguration, as a symbol of his episcopal authority and as the successor of St. Peter, the fisherman apostle and the first pope, who began his papacy around the year 30.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Once selected, the successor will have the chance to accept the title, choose a papal name, and dress in papal attire, among other procedures.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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These include Orthodox Jews, Muslim and evangelical Christian groups.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Their public displays of religious dedication were indications of the state Republican Party’s embrace of a new class of evangelical conservatives whose goalposts continue to move further right, pulling once-fringe ideas into the mainstream.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Holmes is said to be working a clerical job, while maintaining regular contact with her two young children, People reports.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Bryan was released after a clerical error caused officials to confuse him with another inmate with a similar last name, Hutson said.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
26 July 2025
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks at the opening ceremony of the China-CELAC Forum ministerial meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on May 13 and U.S. President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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According to the plaintiffs, the city should have processed the project application on a discretionary basis but instead has handled them all on a ministerial basis, based on set standards rather than individual judgments.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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In a work as captivated with pastoral landscapes as the haunting glow of a tube TV, Vermette extracts possibility from every shot, down to crossfading that recalls the expressiveness of silent cinema.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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This walking safari follows ancient game trails and pastoral routes, still used by local communities, leading to remote areas otherwise unreachable by road.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.—
Tad Friend,
The New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2022
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Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug. 2017
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Related Articles For the past 40-plus years in the Philippines, Natori’s mother Angelita Cruz has been very close to the nuncios (who act as pontifical ambassadors), the designer said.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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The only pontifical name that hasn't been used more than once is Peter, the name of the first pope, though there's no prohibition against doing so.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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“Apostolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostolic. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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