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Recent Examples of diocesan
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Forsyth said diocesan officials will continue to talk to church members to determine what needs to be done to reopen.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
Johnston wrote that the Bright Futures Fund was brought into the diocesan accounting system and was under the regular oversight of its finance office.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2025
Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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
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
Their database contains many clergy who don’t appear on official diocesan lists and so aren’t in our database.
—Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2020
The Vatican has been under increasing pressure to cooperate more with law enforcement, and its failure to do so has resulted in unprecedented raids in recent years on diocesan chanceries by police from Belgium to Texas to Chile.
—Fox News, 18 Dec. 2019
The Vatican has been under increasing pressure to cooperate more with law enforcement, and its failure to do so has resulted in unprecedented raids in recent years on diocesan chanceries by police from Belgium to Texas and Chile.
—NBC News, 17 Dec. 2019
Insurers have covered a large portion of settlements reached in previous diocesan bankruptcy cases, a 2018 study by Penn State professor Marie Reilly found, with victims receiving an average award of $371,500.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2019
Adjective
The attackers entered the diocesan health center late Friday night, killing patients in their beds and setting the facility ablaze.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
Forsyth said diocesan officials will continue to talk to church members to determine what needs to be done to reopen.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
Johnston wrote that the Bright Futures Fund was brought into the diocesan accounting system and was under the regular oversight of its finance office.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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
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
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
Their database contains many clergy who don’t appear on official diocesan lists and so aren’t in our database.
—Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2020
The Vatican has been under increasing pressure to cooperate more with law enforcement, and its failure to do so has resulted in unprecedented raids in recent years on diocesan chanceries by police from Belgium to Texas to Chile.
—Fox News, 18 Dec. 2019
The Vatican has been under increasing pressure to cooperate more with law enforcement, and its failure to do so has resulted in unprecedented raids in recent years on diocesan chanceries by police from Belgium to Texas and Chile.
—NBC News, 17 Dec. 2019
Insurers have covered a large portion of settlements reached in previous diocesan bankruptcy cases, a 2018 study by Penn State professor Marie Reilly found, with victims receiving an average award of $371,500.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diocesan
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This year there was the addition of a new episcopal area for Burundi and Rwanda and the appointment of nine new bishops, a reversal of the trend among U.S. bishops.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Oct. 2025
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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On March 25 at Canterbury Cathedral, Mullally will be formally installed as bishop of the diocese of Canterbury in a ceremony marking the beginning of her new role.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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This behavior would earn them a warning from the bishop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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In 2025, the BAFTA Best Film award went to the Ralph Fiennes papal thriller Conclave.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even the office was sort of papal.—
Merle Ginsberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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Hicks’s relative youth and low profile make his elevation to big-city archbishop significant.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bishop Ronald Hicks will officially assume his new title as New York's archbishop at a service Friday afternoon.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
18 Dec. 2025
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Pope Leo at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa on Monday, the second day of his apostolic visit to Lebanon.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
3 Dec. 2025
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Hicks will be formally appointed as the official document from the pope is read.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The late pope chose his papal name in honor of the medieval saint’s embrace of the poor and his teachings on the moral responsibility of caring for all creatures on Earth.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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The bishops further authorized a new edition of the Roman Pontifical for pontifical Masses, expected to be completed by 2027, with Vatican approval pending for some rites, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Nov. 2025
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In its report, the pontifical commission highlights failures in the Italian church.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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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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“Diocesan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diocesan. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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