archdiocese
noun
arch·di·o·cese
(ˌ)ärch-ˈdī-ə-səs 
-ˌsēs,
-ˌsēz
plural archdioceses
(ˌ)ärch-ˈdī-ə-sə-səz
-ˌsē-zəz,
-ˈdī-ə-ˌsēz
: the diocese of an archbishop
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Seton was started in 2015 to provide education and administrative services to Catholic elementary schools that are part of parishes in the archdiocese.
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Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
In all, 6,000 Masses took place on the event’s first day at the archdiocese’s more than 360 churches, the Tribune reported.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, a nun who works as a school aide has to leave the country when her visa expires in a couple of weeks, said Olga Rojas, the archdiocese’s senior counsel for immigration.
—Giovanna Dell’orto, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of O'Malley as archbishop of Boston and named Henning, the current bishop of Providence, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.
—Nick Perry, arkansasonline.com, 6 Aug. 2024
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Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
In all, 6,000 Masses took place on the event’s first day at the archdiocese’s more than 360 churches, the Tribune reported.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, a nun who works as a school aide has to leave the country when her visa expires in a couple of weeks, said Olga Rojas, the archdiocese’s senior counsel for immigration.
—Giovanna Dell’orto, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of O'Malley as archbishop of Boston and named Henning, the current bishop of Providence, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.
—Nick Perry, arkansasonline.com, 6 Aug. 2024
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archdiocese
noun
arch·di·o·cese
(ˈ)ärch-ˈdī-ə-səs
-ˌsēz,
-ˌsēs
: the diocese of an archbishop
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