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diocese

[dahy-uh-sis, -seez, -sees] / ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsiz, -ˌsis /


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“It seemed as if we took a step back as a society,” Joseph Brennan, the Bishop of the Diocese of Fresno, wrote in an early 2025 op-ed in The Fresno Bee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The Diocese of Raphoe did not respond to a request for further comment when contacted by BBC News NI.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

They were then contacted by legal representatives for the Diocese of Raphoe who asked them to consider a sit-down meeting with senior church figures.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Hicks was appointed as the sixth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Joliet by Pope Francis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Reginald submitted with alacrity to the decree of Rome, and was soon after appointed to the Diocese of Cloyne.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various




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