How to Use diocese in a Sentence

diocese

noun
  • The diocese, which is located in Spain, explained that the tomb was last opened in 1914.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The church holds services in both English and Spanish, according to the diocese.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2024
  • Once Grob is installed, three of those dioceses will be led by bishops who are Wisconsin natives.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Sullivan also blamed the Covid-19 virus for straining diocese finances.
    Josh Saul, Bloomberg.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Both Prospect and the diocese deny concealing the pension system’s condition.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Established last year, Nazareth is described by the diocese as Arizona’s first full-fledged Catholic seminary.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The settlements have been financially crushing for Catholic dioceses across the country.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Barres said most of the diocese's operations would continue despite the bankruptcy filing.
    Fox News, 1 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Had the case reached the court in July or August, the diocese would likely be out of luck.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • In Michigan, 10 Chaldean Catholic churches are part of the Chaldean diocese.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021
  • 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 was certainly blessed to have Vikki as a leader at the school.
    Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • 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

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