diocesan

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On Monday, the Bernabeu will host a meeting between Leo and Madrid's diocesan community.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

My great-uncle Dan was a diocesan priest at St. Charles Borromeo in Drexel Hill, Pa. Dan was a fire-and-brimstone hard-liner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The Boston Archdiocese’s 2003 agreement to pay $85 million to more than 500 victims marked the moment the crisis shifted from isolated diocesan scandals to a nationwide institutional failure.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

But the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Reverend Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, and the Chelmsford diocesan safeguarding officer Amanda Knight said they "respectfully disagree" with some of the Commission's conclusions.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

No council, national or metropolitan, no diocesan synod, no deliberative assembly, shall be held without the express permission of the Government.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)