How to Use archdiocese in a Sentence

archdiocese

noun
  • While some Catholic schools are run by the archdiocese, some are independent.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2021
  • In October, the archdiocese tried to have the case dismissed.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
  • Cathedral is one of those, so Payne-Elliott was employed by the school and not the archdiocese.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2021
  • Neither the archdiocese nor the coalition have responded to the letters.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
  • The Cologne archdiocese has the most Catholics of any in Germany, some 1.9 million.
    Kirsten Grieshaber and Daniel Niemann, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Based on the archdiocese’s final plan for the consolidation of parishes, there’s going to be a whole lot of profanity around here.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
  • The archdiocese is investigating Pfleger over the brothers' claims.
    NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Payne-Elliott's contract was with Cathedral High School, a non-disocesan school, and not with the archdiocese.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2021
  • The brothers' complaint led to archdiocese and police investigations.
    Fox News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The pope named him to head the La Plata archdiocese in 2018.
    Frances D'emilio, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
  • About 40 schools in the Louisville area fall under the archdiocese.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The adobe became a museum for a while, was sold to the city and then sold back to the archdiocese.
    Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The archdiocese later said the parish couldn't afford to pay her.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2021
  • NBC News has reached out to the archdiocese for comment.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But the archdiocese agreed to rebuild the church, which reopened in 2007.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Brebeuf did not fire him and split with the archdiocese on the issue.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The archdiocese has since added 42 names to its public list of those accused of abuse.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • The archdiocese advised Catholics to avoid engaging with the Satanists at the event.
    Jon Brown, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The archdiocese sold it in 1975, when it was nearly torn down for a parking lot for the hotel next door.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Moloney was asked to step down by the archdiocese on June 9 after outrage over the message.
    Fox News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The couple has been at the center of a fight between their schools and the archdiocese, which directed the schools to fire both men.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The archdiocese in the Super Bowl winner's home city will get 60% of the money raised for its Catholic schools, while the loser will get 40%.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Queen of Martyrs School will be the parish school and retain its name, according to the archdiocese.
    Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The archdiocese would not be the first in California to take such action.
    oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The archdiocese and its lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The Baltimore Sun first confirmed Monday that the archdiocese was footing some of the bill.
    Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The archdiocese moved the priest from parish to parish, the attorney general’s report notes.
    Ruth Graham, New York Times, 23 May 2023
  • The archdiocese argued that Holzman and others did not have the right to sell the nunnery, however.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Every new Catholic church had to be registered by the archdiocese.
    Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Had the archdiocese made any effort to find other victims?
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023

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