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Recent Examples of bishop
Renewal of the agreement, a landmark deal originally struck in 2018 that gives Chinese officials some input into who Pope Francis appoints as bishops in the country, was first announced at a news briefing in Beijing.
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Reuters, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Chicago on Sept. 11, 2020, and ordained two months later.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
To evade Western sanctions, the Chinese Communist Party uses less bloody and more hidden methods of coercion against these bishops than the show trials and physical ...
—Nina Shea, National Review, 22 Oct. 2024
It was named for one of St. James AME Church’s early pastors, who later became an AME bishop.
—Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Chicago on Sept. 11, 2020, and ordained two months later.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
To evade Western sanctions, the Chinese Communist Party uses less bloody and more hidden methods of coercion against these bishops than the show trials and physical ...
—Nina Shea, National Review, 22 Oct. 2024
It was named for one of St. James AME Church’s early pastors, who later became an AME bishop.
—Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
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Late Monday, Puerto Rico's archbishop, Roberto O. Gonzalez Nieves, called on Trump to more forcefully reject the rhetoric at the rally.Erin Doherty, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Pierre, the papal nuncio, will install Grob as the new archbishop.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Based on Robert Harris’s 2016 novel, Conclave, in theaters now, follows the titular process of electing a new pope, a secretive task that the film suggests is mostly a popularity contest full of rumormongering and backstabbing.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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These holy men are senior clergy members appointed by the pope to the Sacred College of Cardinals, but their ambitions can bring out their devilish instincts.Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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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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In 2016, Ah Yun came to Marquette to serve as dean of the communications college.Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Pedro Noguera, dean of the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, said becoming a principal makes the most sense for teachers who want a leadership role and hope to have a wider impact on campus.Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
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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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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
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Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
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And not too long after that, the pastor said, a donor — a member of a Detroit family with a family foundation that seeks be anonymous — came to the church and offered a substantial amount, millions of dollars, to get the project started.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
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The pastors and elders were not having it, but youth organizations loved us and embraced us.Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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