archbishop
noun
arch·bish·op
(ˌ)ärch-ˈbi-shəp 
: a bishop at the head of an ecclesiastical province or one of equivalent honorary rank
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Pierre, the papal nuncio, will install Grob as the new archbishop.
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Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Puerto Rico’s Catholic archbishop also called on Trump to apologize.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Among those who attended the Mass, which featured a prayer in Mandarin, were Catholics who traveled from Hong Kong for the event, including the Chinese territory’s archbishop, Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan.
—Reuters, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Mahony, the archbishop of Los Angeles for more than two decades, was a youthful and high-profile leader who used his position atop the diocese in the 1980s and 1990s to champion social and economic justice, among other causes large and small.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Puerto Rico’s Catholic archbishop also called on Trump to apologize.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Among those who attended the Mass, which featured a prayer in Mandarin, were Catholics who traveled from Hong Kong for the event, including the Chinese territory’s archbishop, Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan.
—Reuters, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Mahony, the archbishop of Los Angeles for more than two decades, was a youthful and high-profile leader who used his position atop the diocese in the 1980s and 1990s to champion social and economic justice, among other causes large and small.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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archbishop
noun
arch·bish·op
(ˈ)ärch-ˈbish-əp
: the bishop of highest rank in a group of dioceses
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