archbishop
noun
arch·bish·op
(ˌ)ärch-ˈbi-shəp 
: a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank
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Clinton’s action was supported by archbishops in New York and Puerto Rico — but condemned by the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. attorney’s office and a big majority of Congress.
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Ron Faucheux, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
Today, many cardinals are engaged in pastoral ministry, as bishops of a diocese or archbishops of a larger archdiocese.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to be the next Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, moving one of his most vocal allies on immigration to one of the most prominent posts in the American church.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Victims have called on two bishops and an associate minister to follow the archbishop in resigning over their involvement in the scandal.
—Arion McNicoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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Ron Faucheux, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
Today, many cardinals are engaged in pastoral ministry, as bishops of a diocese or archbishops of a larger archdiocese.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to be the next Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, moving one of his most vocal allies on immigration to one of the most prominent posts in the American church.
—Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Victims have called on two bishops and an associate minister to follow the archbishop in resigning over their involvement in the scandal.
—Arion McNicoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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archbishop
noun
arch·bish·op
(ˈ)ärch-ˈbish-əp
: the bishop of highest rank in a group of dioceses
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