archbishop

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Recent Examples of archbishop Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to be the next Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, moving one of his most vocal allies on immigration to one of the most prominent posts in the American church. Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025 Victims have called on two bishops and an associate minister to follow the archbishop in resigning over their involvement in the scandal. Arion McNicoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024 The new archbishop also touched on the upcoming election, encouraging people to pray, look for wisdom and vote. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 Nov. 2024 The saga, named after Norwegian king Sverre Sigurdsson, describes the political conflict between the king and his chief enemy, the archbishop of Nidaros, Eysteinn Erlendsson. Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for archbishop 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
Noun
  • Others, like the lecherous bishop (Peppe Lanzetta), seek to use her cerebral interests for a few quick sins of the flesh.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Which bishop best represented the biblical calls for serving the marginalized in our society, the fawning cardinal or the prophetic bishop?
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Flawed men take on the holy task of picking a new pope.
    Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The dead pope — Oppenheimer Huge shoes for any of these guys to fill.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The prelate continued by ticking off a laundry list of crucial jobs and roles that undocumented immigrants play in American society as Trump glowered, flanked by First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The prelate suggested that any rush toward legalizing civil divorce could undermine Filipino families – the foundational aspect of society, according to the country’s constitution.
    Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The other two finalists in the presidential search are Michael Hartline, the dean of the College of Business at Florida State University, and John Volin, executive vice president and provost at the University of Maine.
    Jessica Abramsky, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In the movie, Cardinal Lawrence, the beleaguered dean of the College of Cardinals, is tasked with keeping all the melodrama in check.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.
    Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review, 13 June 2021
  • 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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