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Recent Examples of archbishop
Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, issued a statement criticizing the bill and the House vote in its favor.
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Prior to becoming head of the Catholic Church, Prevost had spent years as a missionary, later serving as archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Tobin, a progressive and archbishop of Newark, is among the 10 Americans who'll have a vote in the conclave.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Francis helped develop his career: he was named a bishop, then an archbishop, then a cardinal during Francis’ papacy.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Prior to becoming head of the Catholic Church, Prevost had spent years as a missionary, later serving as archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Tobin, a progressive and archbishop of Newark, is among the 10 Americans who'll have a vote in the conclave.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Francis helped develop his career: he was named a bishop, then an archbishop, then a cardinal during Francis’ papacy.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archbishop
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Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.—
Amalia Huot-Marchand,
The Hill,
21 June 2025
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Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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The New York Times took deep dive into the new pope’s lineage and found that his cousins include Madonna, Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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The move fit into the pope’s broader understanding of martyr as a social justice concept, allowing those deemed to have been killed for doing God’s work and following the Gospel to be considered for sainthood.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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They would be led by an older, more experienced person – an abbot.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote.—
Time,
Time,
7 May 2025
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Parolin is an Italian prelate and one of the highest-ranking officials in the Roman Catholic Church.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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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
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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
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Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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More than 50% of both MD and PhD programs are filled with women, but only 12% become full professors, department chairs or deans.—
Afshan Musani,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
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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 Jul. 2025.
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