diocesan

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When the state Justices originally denied the unemployment tax exemption to a diocesan Catholic Charities Bureau and its associated groups, the 4-3 majority called their activities “secular in nature.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

She made history by becoming the first female diocesan bishop and the first female bishop in the House of Lords.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

It also said: “Rosenberg was not accused of stealing money from any diocesan entities nor did his crimes relate to any official role held within the diocese.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Steph Busch, a Protestant who converted to Catholicism when her children were young, was shocked, Busch has said, by the “rundown facilities” of the diocesan schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023

V. That no clerk, forsaking his own bishop, shall wander about, or be anywhere received without commendatory letters from his diocesan.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert