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parishioner

[puh-rish-uh-ner] / pəˈrɪʃ ə nər /




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Cynthia Rios is a parishioner at Our Lady of Victory in East Los Angeles who stopped attending her regular 1 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

The church bell, recently restored with a gift from a new parishioner, rings out across the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“The diocese needs to protect themselves against this litigation,” said Bettini, a longtime parishioner of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fresno.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024

This, he said, would have "impaired this engagement between minister and parishioner – an engagement built on trust".

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

I am not my own, he thought, but belong body and soul to every parishioner in Phippsburg who might have a word to say about me to my father.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Priests and parishioners in Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago expressed shock, support and hope Wednesday after doctors discovered that a nodule removed from his lung was cancerous.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Eighteen parishioners successfully petitioned the Duke of Beaufort to remove Byfield from the position.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado have sought Moretta’s counsel and helped parishioners in their various crusades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

On a recent Sunday in Tuskegee, parishioners gathered outside Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, grappling with the Supreme Court ruling and their future in the district.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

A general sense that the parishioners of First Congregational had been cheated out of something that was due them.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt


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