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They eventually settled in San Diego, where Saleh’s father, now a church deacon, worked as a car salesman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Parishioners proceed to the front of the church, where a priest or deacon marks a black cross on their foreheads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

"We hope he'll continue with Francis's agenda going forward," said Rick Stevens, a Catholic deacon from New Jersey who happened to be visiting Chicago when he heard the news.

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

“There was a time when he considered becoming a deacon in the Catholic church,” Perras said.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

The head prosecutor in Dowa was a church deacon named Mister Kabisa, who was also one of my father’s loyal customers.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

Priests and deacons have marched at rallies and prayed for those detained and deported from Orange County to downtown L.A. and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

Advocates for greater roles for women in the Church had hoped the synod might call for women to serve as deacons.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

Two referred to the possibility of women being ordained deacons, and those received the most negative votes even though they passed.

From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2023

They have long demanded a greater say in church governance, at the very least with voting rights at Vatican synods but also the right to preach at Mass and be ordained as priests and deacons.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

The deacons lowered the casket into the ground and dropped the ropes in afterward.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt