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Recent Examples of bishop
His uncle and his brother, who was a Catholic bishop, helped Pande — then 35 — escape in the early 2000s.
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.
—Amalia Huot-Marchand, The Hill, 21 June 2025
Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
It had been named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, an Episcopal bishop turned general who died in battle during the Atlanta Campaign.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.
—Amalia Huot-Marchand, The Hill, 21 June 2025
Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
It had been named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, an Episcopal bishop turned general who died in battle during the Atlanta Campaign.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
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The archbishop’s letter named one of Fitzpayne’s many paramours: Forde, who was rector of a parish church in a village on the Fitzpayne family’s estate in Dorset.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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In the weeks ahead of the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, said in a joint press conference with five other American cardinals on Friday.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
11 May 2025
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The pope’s parents — Louis Prevost, a school administrator who died in 1997, and Mildred, a librarian who died in 1990 — owned and lived in the brick house for decades.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Located in the Apostolic Palace, the pope’s official residence, the rooms were painted by the Renaissance master and his students in the early 1500s.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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On the Sunday before the wedding, two of them—the abbot emeritus Padre Norberto Villa and his colleague Padre Paolo Maria Censori—filed into the Chapel of the Dead to celebrate Mass.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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Eugenia, raised pagan, joined a monastery to learn more about Christianity and later became abbot.—
Sarah Barringer,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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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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The following Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or have been named to their school’s dean’s list, honor roll or similar academic achievement list. Names, degrees and honors appear below as provided by the respective schools.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The program would combine courses taught by Kennedy and Munk faculty members, according to the deans of both institutions.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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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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Francis dramatically reshaped the group of prelates who will soon cast their votes for his successor in front of Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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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,
Time,
7 May 2025
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John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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