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Recent Examples of chaplain
Rebandt has served as the senior pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church in Farmington Hills and as a chaplain of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police.
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Heath Kalb, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Even long-time chaplain Rodgers is excited by the move.
—Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
His girlfriend, who’d posted bond for Tracey after nine days, waited outside for him but was instead greeted by a deputy and chaplain, who told her Tracey was dead.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Green became an army chaplain in 1994 after earlier serving as a cannon crewman and field radio repairman.
—Connor Greene, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
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Heath Kalb, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Even long-time chaplain Rodgers is excited by the move.
—Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
His girlfriend, who’d posted bond for Tracey after nine days, waited outside for him but was instead greeted by a deputy and chaplain, who told her Tracey was dead.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Green became an army chaplain in 1994 after earlier serving as a cannon crewman and field radio repairman.
—Connor Greene, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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Richard Storey, who once was pastor at Curé of Ars Catholic Church in Leawood, turned himself in to police Saturday on a felony theft charge, according to church leaders at the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2026
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Dorcius is a pastor at Unity Haitian Baptist, located at 1527 NW 119th Street, according to a 2025 Miami Baptist Association directory.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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On April 18, King Frederik and Queen Mary's youngest children were confirmed by the royal confessor, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen, in Fredensborg Castle Church.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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But everything that is said between the confessor and priest is confidential.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The rector of the prestigious University of Buenos Aires, Ricardo Gelpi, said the steep losses in purchasing power has driven at least 580 research professors in the engineering and science departments to ditch the public system for private universities or other better-paying jobs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, vice rector of innovation at the University of Cagliari, has been working to help Sardinia transition to cleaner, more reliable energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Italian Jesuit missionary Felipe Salvador Gilij, who lived along the Orinoco River in Venezuela in the mid-18th century, is considered the first to document Indigenous leaf-wrapping practices.—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
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Citizens turned away Already, two American doctors working as Christian missionaries in the DRC have been sent elsewhere for care.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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Pham is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.—
Michael Pham,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
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The bishop, speaking with the Washington Examiner ahead of the address, called belief in the Christian God a fundamental underpinning of American civil society that guarantees minority faiths’ freedoms.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2026
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 June 2022
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Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.—
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1 Dec. 2020
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“Chaplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaplain. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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