How to Use diocese in a Sentence

diocese

noun

• Lewandowski said any changes would be implemented over time, with the timing determined by the needs of individual dioceses.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
• Citing the potential of hundreds of lawsuits, the diocese, America’s oldest, declared bankruptcy two days before the law took effect.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
• The Post approached other priests in the diocese about the case.
  — Alain Uaykani, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• That project fell through, and the diocese bought the property in 2020.
  — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Feb. 2024
• The claims of abuse were made against 451 members of the state's six Catholic dioceses.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 23 May 2023
• Have the Maryland diocese and the church learned the right lessons from the Heather Cook debacle?
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
• The fifth-grader stabbed the girl in the neck and chin, according to police and the diocese.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
• Iffert was ordained a priest in 1997 for the diocese of Belleville.
  — The Enquirer, 13 July 2021
• Haight was ordained in 1976 and spent the rest of his career in the Albany diocese.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
• And a spokeswoman for the diocese has declined to comment.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• The Diocese of Phoenix was made aware of the issue in the summer of 2021, said Kate Burke, spokesperson for the diocese.
  — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2022
• The fire burned the parish hall, classrooms and a foodbank, according to the diocese.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
• He was removed from ministry in 1993, the diocese says.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• This from a guy who refused to meet with survivors who as children were raped by a priest in the diocese.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• The diocese has been led by Bishop William Medley since 2010.
  — Jim Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2021
• The synagogue was sold to the diocese in the 1950s because there were very few Jewish people in the region.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
• Barrón said Rivas had worked for more than 20 years in the diocese of San Judas Tadeo.
  — Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2022
• Plishka argued the relics, which contained the bones of two of the church’s holy bishops, were personal gifts to him and not the diocese.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023
• The diocese did so but did not disclose where the priests were relocated.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
• Some of the Catholic dioceses in those areas echoed Pittsburgh’s meat ban.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• The appeal by the Albany diocese asked the Supreme Court to take another look at that precedent.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021
• Martinez later told his parents, who alerted the diocese, and the priest was moved away.
  — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 11 Oct. 2021
• The diocese had filed for bankruptcy in 2020 after the lawsuits were filed.
  — Roman Catholic, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2022
• His showdowns with the head of the local diocese, played as a puckish scold by Malcolm McDowell, are some of the best in the film.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2022
• That is more even than the number of Catholics in a diocese that will now be lead by a bishop more in line with Francis’ vision.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• Multiple victims came forward in the wake of Annie’s Law to sue the diocese.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• In 2001 the bishop of Brisbane, Australia, barred him from speaking in his diocese.
  — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2021
• The diocese said the fire was caused by an incendiary device thrown into the church.
  — Peter Hasson, Fox News, 4 July 2021
• At least 12 of those priests were either ordained or later became part of the diocese.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
• Limited free parking in church lot, and at diocese lot across the alley.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024