(n.) A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
Example Sentences:
(1) The church was the Cypriot Orthodox led by Archbishop Makarios.
(2) From Africa, the archbishop of Kenya warned "the devil has entered the church", while a few days before the ceremony Robinson received a postcard from England, depicting the high altar of Durham cathedral and bearing the message: "You fornicating, lecherous pig."
(3) Ihave a photograph of Archbishop Desmond Tutu from a few years ago.
(4) Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya said the “truth [of the Gospel] continues to be called into question in the Anglican communion” and warned against “the global ambitions of a secular culture”.
(5) After visiting the H-blocks, the Catholic archbishop Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich compared the conditions to "the sewer pipes in the slums of Calcutta".
(6) Both Keilloh and Madden face further hearings: the doctor will be examined by a General Medical Council disciplinary tribunal over his role in Iraq and the priest is to be interviewed by the archbishop of Birmingham, Bernard Longley.
(7) Bono then serenaded the archbishop with the U2 hit Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, backed by the gospel choir.
(8) In an emotional statement, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said the "destructive cycle of violence has caused untold suffering".
(9) A month later, the papal conclave chose as his successor 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, elevating the son of Italian immigrants to the highest office in the church.
(10) The Holy Father has now decided that my resignation will take effect today, 25 February 2013, and that he will appoint an apostolic administrator to govern the archdiocese in my place until my successor as archbishop is appointed.
(11) The protester was later identified as the Rev Paul Williamson, who once tried to charge an earlier archbishop of Canterbury with high treason for ordaining female priests.
(12) The archbishop of Irbil's Chaldean Catholics told the Observer fewer than 40 Christians remained in north-western Iraq after a jihadist rampage that has forced thousands to flee from Mosul and the Nineveh plains into Irbil in the Kurdish north.
(13) O’Brien’s successor as archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Leo Cushley, said: “I am confident that the decision of the Holy Father is fair, equitable and proportionate.
(14) Gay bishops have proved a headache for the archbishop of Canterbury, who has struggled to maintain harmony since taking office in 2002.
(15) Despite his humorous dismissal of the danger, those close to him dreaded the trips, with the archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, admitting: "My heart is in my mouth every time he goes to Nigeria."
(16) Reading East's Rob Wilson attacked a whingeing bearded lefty, the archbishop of Canterbury.
(17) Amid calls from MPs to intervene in the crisis if the church cannot sort it out on its own, the Archbishops' Council meets on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss how to avoid what has been described as a "major constitutional crisis".
(18) Last month, the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, the most senior cleric in the C of E, said there was no correct Christian view about the referendum.
(19) The US vowed to make punishment of the archbishop's killers a priority.
(20) We’ve had enough – enough of the deaths, the suffering and the persecution,” the archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, said.
Bishopric
Definition:
(n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
(n.) The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.
Example Sentences:
(1) The letter read: "We are puzzled, dismayed and very disappointed that for the third time running we have been assigned a bishop of Whitby who does not accept the ordination of women priests … We are aware that some parishes, some clergy, and some of the laity in the Whitby bishopric do not accept the validity of women priests but, as in the rest of the country, a substantial majority of us do.
(2) It was in this gateway to southern Spain that two groups funded by the bishopric of Cádiz welcomed him with open arms.
(3) Many see him as a future bishop – though the St Paul's fiasco may count against him– and he had been sounded out about one bishopric abroad, which he turned down in favour of St Paul's.
(4) The bishopric of Cádiz and local authorities are working together to prepare a video to raise awareness so that these people can claim their rights.
(5) Maradiaga said: "Above all, we shall be giving first-hand information in contact with the bishoprics – perspectives other than those that get to the Holy See."
(6) Dr Philip Giddings, a conservative evangelical, had been accused of directly undermining the next archbishop of Canterbury and causing the church "reputational damage" by using his role to speak at the General Synod in November against proposals to bring women into the bishopric.
(7) Part of Williams's strategy was to require a general moratorium on the blessing of same-sex partnerships and the election of clergy in gay relationships to bishoprics until a general consensus could be thrashed out; in July, at their triennial general convention in Anaheim, California, the Episcopalians pointedly removed themselves from it.
(8) But the Reverend Mr George Wickham's abilities were soon recognised and eventually he rose to a bishopric and was revered as the very model of a Christian gentleman.