monsignor

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The monsignor also told the missions to be prepared for possible curbs on long-standing programmes, such as foreign missionaries serving as parish priests in local churches, said the four people familiar with the meetings.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2022

A godfather to at least 15 godchildren, the monsignor said he was well qualified for the role, but he estimated that 99 percent of the diocese’s godparents were not.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2021

He is now the monsignor for the Hendred parish which covers two churches - St Mary's in East Hendred, Oxfordshire, and St Patrick's in East Ilsley, Berkshire.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2021

Becciu, 73, is charged with embezzlement and with pressing a monsignor to recant information he supplied to prosecutors about the handling of the disastrous Vatican real estate investment in London.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2021

Ah, monsignor," returns the Cordelier, "put yourself in the place of the cardinal Albani.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various