(n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph has always contained prayers and readings from scripture, and the fact that it continues to be so central a part of our public life would suggest that it is meeting people's pastoral needs," said the Venerable Peter Eagles, archdeacon for the army.
(2) For the first time in the church's history, the new archbishop was installed on his diocesan throne by a woman, the Venerable Sheila Watson, archdeacon of Canterbury.
(3) Although the role falls to the archdeacon regardless of gender, the precedent will delight those Anglicans who, like Welby, remain in favour of the introduction of women bishops despite the General Synod's no-vote on the issue last November.
(4) "I think that, in order to regain our credibility in our society, we have got to act – not too hastily, we have got to take time to listen to each other," said Jane Hedges, canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster.
(5) Her previous role as canon steward of Westminster Abbey and archdeacon of Westminster involved greeting and accompanying senior members of the royal family at the most high-profile services.
(6) Many of the senior clergy in York are women, among them the dean of the cathedral, Viv Faull, and the archdeacon of York, Sarah Bullock, who preached the sermon.
(7) The then archdeacon of Sheffield, Stephen Lowe, who organised priests to help families at the boys' club, has described the police operation there as "utter chaos".
(8) Whatever house you enter, first say ‘peace to this house’ …” In the sermon, the archdeacon of York, the venerable Sarah Bullock, described God as “God our midwife”, and preached on a Christmas episode of BBC1’s Call the Midwife.
(9) The Venerable Sheila Watson, archdeacon of Canterbury, took a central role in the ceremony, which marks the beginning of Welby's public ministry.
(10) He will be led to the diocesan throne by the Venerable Sheila Watson, the archdeacon of Canterbury.
(11) Leonard's career in the 1950s and 60s as curate, incumbent, director of church schools and archdeacon was exemplary.
(12) Stephen Lowe, then the archdeacon of Sheffield, said "there was no organisation, no information, no sense of the police working in partnership," at the Hillsborough boys' club where anxious families were kept waiting for news, which was overseen by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, then an inspector in the South Yorkshire police.
(13) Treweek has been archdeacon of Northolt, one of the church's middle management positions, and moved to Hackney in 2011.
(14) The letter’s supporters come from 38 out 42 dioceses, include three deans and eight archdeacons and – according to the organisers – represent all traditions within the church.
(15) The intention is that eight members would be elected regionally from within bishops' senior staff teams (that include deans, archdeacons and others)."
(16) Bayes is one of a dozen prominent church figures – including two bishops, a former bishop, the dean of St Paul’s cathedral and two archdeacons – to contribute to a book aimed at evangelical members of the Church of England, who are among the most resistant to accepting lesbian and gay people in the church.
(17) The Ven Rachel Treweek, 51, archdeacon of Hackney An evangelical who is widely respected for competence and drive.
(18) The cleric, who was made the first female archdeacon of Canterbury in 2007, installed the archbishop on the diocesan throne in the cathedral, a historic moment symbolising his appointment as bishop of Canterbury – the first of three roles held by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
(19) The reverend Norman Russell, archdeacon of Berkshire, admitted misgivings endured over same-sex partnerships and not celibacy or homosexuality.
(20) The parish priest, Archdeacon Feeney, complained about us from the altar, but we were brazen and chose to ignore him.
Diocese
Definition:
(n.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other casualties in recent times have been the workers in the Portsmouth and Salford dioceses.
(2) It is a relatively junior role, which will make her an assistant bishop in the diocese of Chester.
(3) "The relationship between a bishop and a priest of a Roman Catholic diocese has many of the hallmarks of an employment relationship, and therefore it is right and proper that the church should be held legally accountable for abuse by its priests.
(4) More than 1,300 church members in Osorno, along with 30 priests from the diocese and 51 of Chile’s 120 members of parliament, sent letters to Francis in February urging him to rescind the appointment.
(5) The voice of the survivors is being ignored, the concerns of the people and many clergy in Chile are being ignored, and the safety of children in this diocese is being left in the hands of a bishop about whom there are grave concerns for his commitment to child protection.” Barros was installed as bishop of the southern Chilean diocese of Osorno last weekend amid unprecedented opposition, and scuffles inside the cathedral by protesters who say he is unfit to lead.
(6) The findings revealed that 1) nearly 4 out of 10 priests have reservations about the traditional church teaching on direct abortion; 2) 64% state that the traditional teaching is clear and that they are in complete agreement with it; 3) the younger the priest the less likely he is to agree with the church position; 4) hospital chaplains express more agreement with the traditional teaching than any other job category; 5) the proportions who disagree are highest in the two New York City dioceses, 6) the higher the education of the priest the less likely he is to agree with the traditional position; 7) there is a strong relationship between a priest's position on the tradit ional church teaching and his won political activity related to abortion such as writing to officials protesting the liberalized law, etc.
(7) The day after the budget, I visited a food bank in one of the churches in my diocese.
(8) There was repeated failure to assess the risk he posed to children, to confine him to his abbey, to thoroughly investigate allegations of abuse, to notify the police and social services, and to share information between dioceses and report matters to the appropriate civil and ecclesiastical authorities.” The report also criticised an order of Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Nazareth.
(9) A spokeswoman for the diocese of York declined to comment on North's decision, or to say how much local protest had been voiced over his appointment.
(10) Although female bishops were approved by the majority of dioceses, bishops and clergy, they were rejected by the laity on Tuesday when put to a vote in the synod, the church's governing body.
(11) It is exciting but I hope that in a few years it will be more normal for women to be appointed bishops.” The first diocese vacancy to come up after the canon law is changed will be Southwell and Nottingham, after the Rt Rev Paul Butler was appointed as bishop of Durham.
(12) A bishop in Sicily has banned known mafia criminals from acting as godfathers at baptisms in churches in his diocese.
(13) He added that the Scottish church should abolish at least half of its eight diocese – a throwback to the size and power of the pre-reformation church.
(14) Far from disintegrating, Robinson's own diocese has remained supportive of him.
(15) Kaoma is an Anglican priest from Zambia now living and working in the US with the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts due to threats against his life.
(16) Names and surnames of 88,383 consanguineous spouses collected in 16 dioceses of Sicily were analyzed by multivariate analysis to reveal and compare the geographic clusters obtained from both sets of data.
(17) While Vatican spokesmen continue to maintain that Seromba is a victim of malicious slander, the Florence diocese announced this week that it had an open mind as to his culpability.
(18) "The reason for your involuntary separation of employment was based upon on irreconcilable conflict between the laws, discipline, and teaching of the Catholic Church and your relationship – formalized by an act of marriage in Iowa – to a person of the same sex," the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph said in its letter of dismissal.
(19) It is not, of course, only the C of E: last autumn the Catholic diocese of Salford announced it was selling about 60 churches and losing half of its 150 parishes.
(20) Storm clouds are also gathering in Wrexham diocese where the position of fieldworker Maria Pizzoni is under review.