archbishop

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Recent Examples of archbishop Mullally’s appointment comes 11 months after the previous archbishop, Justin Welby, resigned after a damning report into his handling of the case of a prolific child abuser associated with the church. Jamie Gray, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025 Aquila recently spoke to the Denver Catholic, the archdiocese’s official publication, about his retirement and his time serving as Denver’s archbishop. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025 In 2021, the archbishop delivered the first of two formal apologies to the Sami people for the Church of Sweden's role in their oppression. Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025 In addition to being investigated for its veracity, the allegation is shared with law enforcement and the archbishop at the review stage. Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archbishop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
Noun
  • The city was a prominent bishop's seat during the Byzantine era.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The current practice is for the Vatican to simply announce when a bishop has resigned without elaborating.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, the pope was ailing at the time and died on April 21.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • God chooses the pope, not cardinals, my barista says.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Local spats could now feed into a mass movement that spread far beyond individual disputes between a peasant and a particularly nasty abbot or lord.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • By the 1930s the newly emerging field of genetics was growing in popularity, based primarily on the studies of the Austrian biologist and Catholic abbot Gregor Mendel.
    D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Debates and complaints between prelates have historically been handled behind the scenes in hopes of maintaining an image of cohesion despite obviously divergent mindsets.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Amaney Jamal, dean of the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, said Mamdani's political rise is breaking the ceiling for other Muslims in many ways.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Chung, the former university dean, said there are virtually no chances for North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 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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