archdeacon
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It added the review would consider how allegations were handled in current systems for the appointment of archdeacons and bishops, and whether changes were necessary.
From BBC
Tony Pierce was your parish priest, your archdeacon, your bishop.
From BBC
By the age of 24, Laval was ordained a priest; he was quickly named an archdeacon and eventually a bishop.
From Salon
Mina Smallman, the former Church of England archdeacon whose daughters Nicole and Bibaa were murdered in a London park, will examine support for victims of crime and look into the Reclaim These Streets movement.
From BBC
The investigation into Fr Griffin began because an official in the Anglican Diocese of London suggested to his archdeacon that he undertake a "brain dump" of information he had acquired before his retirement.
From BBC
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