episcopal

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The diplomatic source said negotiations between the government and the country's Catholic bishops are ongoing over Alvarez's future, and that the formerly jailed prelate was currently at the Catholic episcopal compound in the capital.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2023

O’Connell became an auxiliary bishop and episcopal vicar for the archdiocese’s San Gabriel region in 2015.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2023

It was also the first publication to report on the clergy sex abuse crisis and the episcopal cover-up beginning in the 1980s, many years before the Boston Globe published its own investigation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

At 54, he was two decades shy of the normal retirement age for bishops, and he never held an episcopal appointment after that.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

Jan brought along the episcopal letter that the bishops addressed to their parishioners.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank