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diocesan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bishop |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | diocese |
Examples of diocesan
diocesan
Tobin followed up with a biting public letter published in a diocesan newspaper.
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Eventually, he felt called to be a diocesan priest rather than part of an order.
From the stltoday.com
Its gradual decline began in 1138, when the diocesan seat was moved to Grosseto.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The site also contains diocesan histories, and other general reference material.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Diocesan also shone, with four of its eight finalists winning individual awards.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Unlike diocesan priests, however, our work isn't focused as much on parish life.
From the ideas.time.com
Everything from ordinations of priests to education is run at the diocesan level.
From the businessweek.com
He also claimed the bishop had told diocesan priests not to give him Communion.
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It allows diocesan option on female priests, but doesn't permit female bishops.
From the post-gazette.com
- A bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
- Belonging to or governing a diocese
- A Diocese is the district or see under the pastoral care of a bishop, it is divided into parishes.
- (diocese) Administrative division of the later Roman Empire, starting with the Tetrarchy; Region administered by a bishop
- (Diocese) In Catholicism, an area of many parishes presided over by a bishop.
- (Diocese) A regional grouping of parishes and other pastoral* ministries presided over by a bishop*. The bishop is called the ordinary of the diocese and may have one or more auxiliary or regional bishops to assist him, especially if the diocese is large. ...
- (Diocese) a unit of church organization; the spiritual domain under a bishop. A diocese may contain many parishes and churches.
- (diocese) the territorial unit of administration in the church, governed by a bishop; also known as a see
- (Diocese) A "particular Church", a community of the faithful in communion of faith and sacraments whose bishop has been ordained in apostolic succession. A diocese is usually a determined geographic area; sometimes it may be constituted as a group of people of the same rite or language. ...
