episcopate
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Religion journalist Terry Mattingly of the GetReligion.org blog noted that Bishop Rohrer’s new episcopate is facing a sharp drop in “active participants,” down from 32,445 in 2012 to 25,043 in 2019.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
The Maltese archbishop Charles Scicluna, a Vatican expert on paedophilia among the priesthood, will visit Poland next month, the Polish episcopate said on Thursday.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2019
The Polish episcopate and local bishop acknowledged the burning, but declined to comment, AFP reported.
From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2019
Healing will not begin until the episcopate reveals to the world what true repentance looks like, and makes that repentance visible through a change in behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2018
I am held by the succession of bishops, down to the actual episcopate, from the very See of the Apostle Peter, to whom after His resurrection the Lord intrusted His sheep to be fed.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
