missioner

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Recent Examples of missioner 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 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. al, 1 Dec. 2020 After 15 years of doing mission promotion and spending time as a missioner in Tanzania East Africa, by special agreement with the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles and the Archbishop of Hartford, Fr. courant.com, 23 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missioner
Noun
  • In 2013, the city publicly apologized to a group of Christian missionaries who were arrested at the annual Arab International Festival.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • How faith played out in a clash of societies Protestant missionaries had long been attached to the Haudenosaunee.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Today, the priests are on the road to canonization, and an associate of theirs, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, is one of Bukele’s most outspoken critics.
    Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 30 June 2025
  • Bishops must live in poverty and simplicity, generously opening their homes to all and acting as a father figure and brother to his priests, Leo said.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The diocese was dominated by clerics who were members of Opus Dei, a very conservative sect of Catholicism, and Prevost, who had to become a Peruvian citizen to become a bishop, was charged with moving it back to the middle.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
  • Among the overnight options in Trinity is Bishop White Manor, an 1830’s manse that was once home to Newfoundland’s Anglican bishop.
    JOE YOGERST, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

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“Missioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missioner. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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