priest
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Ordained a priest in 2002, she became the first female Bishop of London in 2018, only four years after the church began allowing women bishops after years of bitter factional wrangling.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
It sparked debates up and down the Golden State as many people at the time still held a high regard for the Franciscan priest who was canonized in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
In 1857, a French Catholic priest planted the first coffee bush in Vietnam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
"She was the kind of person who brought a smile to your face as soon as you met her," the local priest said.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Lombardy, the large, pale, and intense Roman Catholic priest, was perhaps the chief supporting actor in the drama at Reykjavik.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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