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diocese

[dahy-uh-sis, -seez, -sees] / ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsiz, -ˌsis /


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The Diocese of Rome, meanwhile, said it knew about the restoration but that it had been told nothing would be added or changed.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

“It seemed as if we took a step back as a society,” Joseph Brennan, the Bishop of the Diocese of Fresno, wrote in an early 2025 op-ed in The Fresno Bee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

They were then contacted by legal representatives for the Diocese of Raphoe who asked them to consider a sit-down meeting with senior church figures.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

In September, following the meeting, a public apology was issued to the sisters by the Diocese of Raphoe.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

After holding the offices of Rural Dean and Proctor for the Diocese in Convocation, Mr. Hopper became Archdeacon of Norwich in 1868. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles




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