archbishop

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Recent Examples of archbishop That said, this is mitigated by the gift that this new archbishop already is. Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025 The archbishop-designate has spoken warmly about his relationship with Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in the neighboring Chicago suburb of Dolton. Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025 Dolan served as the archbishop of New York since 2009. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025 Other key aspects of his identity, like the idea to steal from the archbishop and share the gold, are given to Robert by Little John (Marcus Fraser) and Friar Tuck (Angus Castle-Doughty). Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archbishop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
Noun
  • This behavior would earn them a warning from the bishop.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Joliet Diocese officials say there is no announcement for neither an interim bishop nor a replacement and said those decisions are up to the Vatican.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In his latest message, the pope called for national governments and international bodies to take action in this area.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The most recent abbot, Father Charles Albanese, will be splitting time between Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey in Oregon and Santa Rita Abbey in Arizona.
    John Mossman, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The abbot later said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • However, the bishops took the extra step of releasing a video of various prelates reading the message into the camera, a component that observers interpreted as an unusually direct and personal rebuke.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 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
  • In 2016, a team led by Su Yinquan, dean of forestry at Northwest A&F University, leased 14 hectares of barren Gobi land in Xinjiang to test whether Duzhong could survive and grow there.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The deans forwarded 54 courses to the university's president, and 48 exceptions were granted.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
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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“Archbishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archbishop. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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