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Rocha began his career as a math teacher and later became rector of Sinaloa Autonomous University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

The men behind the new law included Francis Orpen Morris, a naturalist who was rector of Nunburnholme, and Henry Barnes-Lawrence, the vicar of Bridlington, as historian David Neave explains.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

Father Fred Wekesa, the rector of the Saint Augustine Basilica at Annaba where Leo will celebrate mass, said the pope's upcoming visit would give his small flock a "message of encouragement and solidarity".

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

The rector from the nearby hamlet of Berwick came looking for an apprentice and, thanks to Mistress MacGregor's praise, settled on me.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

Female chief executive officers lead only a tiny percentage of companies listed on Milan’s stock exchange, and there are fewer than 10 female rectors at Italy’s more than 80 universities.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

The rectors of 20 Ecuadorian universities have signed a letter in which they “emphatically reject” the accusations against Guamán and call for “impartial justice” to be done.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 28, 2021

Normally based in the village of Woolfardisworthy West in Devon, Skinner takes turns visiting Lundy with other rectors in the area.

From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2019

They were not pastors, but rectors, and the misuse of the terms grated on the chaplain's Anglican ear.

From Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson