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Recent Examples of bishop
Meanwhile, Cucculelli Shaheen introduced three detachable sleeve shapes — fluted, bishop and drop-shoulder — for mix-and-match styling opportunities.
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Ari Stark, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
The church’s bishop at the time was Walter McCollough, a fellow South Carolinian whom Jackson sometimes turned to for inspiration.
—Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Tutu, a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, was an influential anti-apartheid and human rights activist and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Sheen, a pioneering 20th century TV evangelist, had his 2019 ceremony canceled with just weeks’ notice due to concerns about his tenure as Rochester bishop.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Ari Stark, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
The church’s bishop at the time was Walter McCollough, a fellow South Carolinian whom Jackson sometimes turned to for inspiration.
—Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Tutu, a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, was an influential anti-apartheid and human rights activist and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Sheen, a pioneering 20th century TV evangelist, had his 2019 ceremony canceled with just weeks’ notice due to concerns about his tenure as Rochester bishop.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
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The film, directed by Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard, explores the life and legacy of Carl Bean, a disco singer who became an archbishop and pioneer in the LGBTQ civil rights movement.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The news story stated that the Vatican had delegated the investigation to the archbishop in charge of the Diocese of Los Angeles.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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As O’Connell and Piqué set out, with each contributing their own diary-style entries to the book, efforts to elect a pope who would go in a different direction to Francis were thwarted.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Tagle was sitting next to Prevost as the final vote was being tallied and offered the future pope a cough drop to soothe his throat, the book said.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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Phommasan, abbot of a temple in Snellville, Georgia, rejoined the monks near Washington and entered American University's arena in a wheelchair.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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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
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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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Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Susan Murin, dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, said the projects these students are working on could one day help save lives.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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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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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
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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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The world has lost a pastor, a champion, a mender of bridges.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Johnson leads the North Hartford Public Safety Coalition and is pastor of Hope Urban Refuge Church.—
Mariana Navarrete Villegas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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