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Recent Examples of prelate
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.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Dec. 2025
The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The Reverend Leah Daughtry is national presiding prelate of The House of the Lord Churches, co-convenor of Power Rising, author, and political strategist, having served as chief of staff of the DNC, CEO of the 2008 and 2016 Democratic Conventions, and an at-large member of the DNC.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote.
—Time, 7 May 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Dec. 2025
The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The Reverend Leah Daughtry is national presiding prelate of The House of the Lord Churches, co-convenor of Power Rising, author, and political strategist, having served as chief of staff of the DNC, CEO of the 2008 and 2016 Democratic Conventions, and an at-large member of the DNC.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote.
—Time, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prelate
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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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The Pillar story alleges that Dudley spotted the bishop making late-night border crossings into Mexico, parking in a lot reserved for customers of a brothel, then boarding a shuttle exclusive to customers of the brothel.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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As Francis makes contact with his father, his body also touches the vast, ornate velvet coat that a bishop places on his back to prevent him from becoming fully nude.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
27 Feb. 2026
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The campy investigator is taking his talents to the church after a monsignor is killed.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
13 Dec. 2025
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The plan is to film Samson (as Jefferson) walking out with the hopes that people will believe the monsignor's risen from the dead.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec. 2025
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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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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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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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Pollack is a professor of law and the associate dean for faculty development at Cardozo School of Law.—
Michael Pollack,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Acosta, who signed off on Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement, had left government by 2011, and was working as the law school dean at Florida International University.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Prelate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prelate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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