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archbishop

[ahrch-bish-uhp] / ˈɑrtʃˈbɪʃ əp /






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Also cleared by the jury were Alison-Madueke's older brother Doye Agama, 69, an archbishop at a Pentecostal church in Manchester, who was acquitted of conspiracy to commit bribery.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

If this sounds more Hollywood than parish church to you, well, it appears that Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, agrees.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

Still, the archbishop is hopeful that the sparring will blow over.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

"I am sent as archbishop to serve you, to proclaim the love of Christ and with you to worship and love him with heart and soul, mind and strength," she responded.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

The priests had decided they could not wait forever for the pope and the archbishop to come around.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Bishop Snow said he was "desperately sad" to hear that Bishop Hartley feels isolated after her calls for archbishops to resign.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2025

He and 25 other Church of England bishops and archbishops have seats in the House of Lords and can vote on legislation.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2024

The archbishops of Canterbury and York welcomed the report's "wisdom, expertise and meticulous proposals."

From BBC Feb. 21, 2024

Francis made the unscripted comments at the end of Mass, calling up the former and current archbishops of Hong Kong, Cardinal John Tong Hon and Archbishop Stephen Chow, to flank him as he spoke.

From Reuters Sep. 3, 2023

Composers spent half their lives walking across Germany to work for different archbishops and archdukes.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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