How to Use archdiocese in a Sentence

archdiocese

noun
  • The pope named him to head the La Plata archdiocese in 2018.
    Frances D'emilio, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • The adobe became a museum for a while, was sold to the city and then sold back to the archdiocese.
    Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The archdiocese later said the parish couldn't afford to pay her.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2021
  • NBC News has reached out to the archdiocese for comment.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The archdiocese has since added 42 names to its public list of those accused of abuse.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • The archdiocese advised Catholics to avoid engaging with the Satanists at the event.
    Jon Brown, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Moloney was asked to step down by the archdiocese on June 9 after outrage over the message.
    Fox News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The couple has been at the center of a fight between their schools and the archdiocese, which directed the schools to fire both men.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The archdiocese in the Super Bowl winner's home city will get 60% of the money raised for its Catholic schools, while the loser will get 40%.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Queen of Martyrs School will be the parish school and retain its name, according to the archdiocese.
    Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The archdiocese would not be the first in California to take such action.
    oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The Baltimore Sun first confirmed Monday that the archdiocese was footing some of the bill.
    Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The archdiocese moved the priest from parish to parish, the attorney general’s report notes.
    Ruth Graham, New York Times, 23 May 2023
  • The archdiocese argued that Holzman and others did not have the right to sell the nunnery, however.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Every new Catholic church had to be registered by the archdiocese.
    Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Had the archdiocese made any effort to find other victims?
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
  • The results of the investigation will be released once the process is complete, the archdiocese said.
    Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The plaintiff’s lawyers alleged in the complaint the archdiocese was aware of Close’s abusive behaviors.
    Nicki Brown, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Dugan is part of a coalition of parents who have written to the archdiocese asking for normalcy in schools.
    Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The report paints a damning picture of the archdiocese, which is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in the country and spans much of Maryland.
    Lea Skene, Brian Witte and Sarah Brumfield, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The top one-third of both towers will be removed and capped off, while the bells located in the east tower will be taken elsewhere and stored, the archdiocese said.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The first and oldest Catholic archdiocese in the United States has seen the number of worshippers on its Baltimore rolls sink to about 4,000.
    Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The archdiocese and the law firm said top church officials weren’t informed of the results ahead of its publication.
    Geir Moulson, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the archdiocese's decision to fire him in Aug. 2022.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The archdiocese estimates the school will cost more than $26 million in its first five years of operation.
    USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Both can receive the Eucharist in the Washington archdiocese.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 29 June 2022
  • Jefferson County Catholic schools are closed, according to a post from the archdiocese of Louisville.
    Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Neither the archdiocese’s internet provider nor Summerhays knew the source of the attack.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Raquel Coombs, a spokesperson for Frosh’s office, said the archdiocese’s decision to pay lawyers who represent members of the anonymous group shows where the church stands.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The planning process for Beacons of Light began more than two years ago with a report outlining the many challenges facing the archdiocese.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 29 June 2022

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