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Recent Examples of bishop
Churchgoers mourn beloved pastors People passing by the Pentecostal City Mission Church were overcome with emotion Friday after learning the horrific details of the crash that killed their beloved bishop and assistant pastor.
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Mark Prussin, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The 2018 agreement stipulates that Beijing proposes candidates for bishop, which the pope can veto, though the full text has never been made public.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
In 1530 the Spanish bishop Bartolome de las Casas urged the Spanish Cortes to ban the enslavement of Indigenous persons.
—Bishop Peter A. Rosazza, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Trump unleashed a tirade against Pope Leo XIV after the pope delivered an antiwar message, leading John Dolan, the bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, to come to the pope’s defense.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Mark Prussin, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The 2018 agreement stipulates that Beijing proposes candidates for bishop, which the pope can veto, though the full text has never been made public.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
In 1530 the Spanish bishop Bartolome de las Casas urged the Spanish Cortes to ban the enslavement of Indigenous persons.
—Bishop Peter A. Rosazza, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Trump unleashed a tirade against Pope Leo XIV after the pope delivered an antiwar message, leading John Dolan, the bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, to come to the pope’s defense.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bishop
Noun
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The two men, who later became good friends, had known each other from when Prevost was the Augustinian prior general and the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was archbishop of Buenos Aires.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Mansell served as archbishop in Hartford from 2004 until his retirement in 2013.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When the president goes low, the pope goes high.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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But what kind of president picks a fight with the pope?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But when Niesen presented the plans to the abbot of the monastery, he was met with hesitation.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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The abbot of Wat Saman Rattanaram in Chachoengsao province, about 50 miles east of Bangkok, warned that cremation services may have to be suspended.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The first is the strikingly Gothic diocesan throne, which sits in the cathedral choir and dates from the Victorian era.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 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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Mike McDonald, who graduated from Bellarmine in 1957, was the dean of the group, with 1960 Notre Dame graduates Marilou Cristina and Colleen Block providing more than equal representation for the women’s side.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The performance also comes as Shelly Berg, the dean of the Frost School of Music, prepares to retire in May.—
Megan Fitzgerald,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 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
Noun
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George was a highly influential, politically astute prelate who died almost a decade before Leo XIV’s election.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
14 Mar. 2026
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Now both prosper: Spider spins undisturbed in the cottage rafters, and Gout affixes herself to a prelate, condemning him to a life in bed.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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At the time, Esperanza-Pacheco was working as a pastor at God’s Lighthouse of Truth in Richmond, where the victim and her family were members and had developed a friendship with him.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Phil, senior pastor at Heartland, told the crowd gathered Friday that the 28,000-square-foot facility has already been seven years in the making.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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