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The collection found in Stockholm County also included some 800-year-old bishop’s coins, a more unusual type of coin minted specifically for church bishops in various locations, officials said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Friday that King Charles had approved the nomination of Sarah Mullally, bishop of London, for the church’s most senior position.
—Jamie Gray, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
After the stabbing of a bishop at a church in Sydney in April 2024, an Australian judge ruled that X must block access to a video showing the attack.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Some of these coins feature a bishop holding a crozier in his right hand, as noted in the press release.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Friday that King Charles had approved the nomination of Sarah Mullally, bishop of London, for the church’s most senior position.
—Jamie Gray, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
After the stabbing of a bishop at a church in Sydney in April 2024, an Australian judge ruled that X must block access to a video showing the attack.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
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In addition to Longo, Pope Leo elevated six other men and women to sainthood, including an Armenian archbishop tortured and killed after refusing to renounce Catholicism, a Venezuelan physician who dedicated his service to the poor and several nuns who spent decades helping the downtrodden.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The first archbishop was appointed in 597 AD, but the role took on extra significance when Henry VIII broke with Rome in 1534.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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However, the pope was ailing at the time and died on April 21.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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God chooses the pope, not cardinals, my barista says.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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Its meandering path took it over some of the warmest ocean water temperatures, said Claudia Benitez-Nelson, an oceanographer and senior associate dean at the University of South Carolina.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Like Kilpatrick, Howard associate dean Ingrid Sturgis said the school is updating its site and would soon restore the specific reference to Terez.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 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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The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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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
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Flores, an Oklahoma City-area pastor, trafficked members of his church , according to officials.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
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One of them was Bernhard Riemann, a shy young man who had originally planned to study theology — his father was a pastor — before being drawn to mathematics.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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