archpriest

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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the basilica’s archpriest, prayed that the “deceased pope emeritus” might be welcomed into the “eternal abode.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023

A series of bishops, including Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, said they investigated the allegations, but no one ever interviewed Jarzembowski’s roommate.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2020

A series of bishops — including Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Francis' vicar for Rome and the archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica — said they investigated, but no one ever interviewed the alleged victim.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2019

He is now becoming the archpriest of the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2012

The archpriest had let himself down by a window; he broke his thigh; he was found hiding in a bush; the castle was in flames.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert