Dioceses in a sentence

The students come from 85 dioceses in the United States and three dioceses in Australia.

Bishop Brennan was joined on the altar by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Coyle of Rockville Centre, as well as black clergy from both dioceses.

Father Carter Griffin, the rector of Saint John Paul II Seminary in Washington, D.C., said the strong numbers in some dioceses and seminaries are likely the result of years of long work on the part of local Church leaders.

Hearst-Moosonee is one of Ontario's most isolated dioceses, and the church remains an important institution there.

Most priests earn less than minimum wage every year, regardless of the additional benefits they may receive — benefits most parishes and dioceses cannot afford to extend to a family.

On the World Day, the Holy Father often presides over a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, and invites parishes, dioceses, associations and ecclesial communities from all over the world to celebrate the Day in their own pastoral context.

The change is linked to the backlash received during its implementation last year, and will be formally addressed by the dioceses at the Anglican Synod meeting next month.

The preliminary report conducted under Madigan found that the dioceses had done a woefully inadequate job of investigating allegations.

A similar percentage of formal applicants to dioceses brought student debt with them.

Carroll’s aim is to reach ten dioceses over 5 years, to create examples for other bishops.

Clergy and parishioners of dioceses across the United Kingdom are hearing from their bishops in advance of a vote next month to legalize assisted suicide.

In 2015, then Quebec bishop Dennis Drainville stood as a candidate in the diocese of Montreal’s episcopal election and expressed his support for the two dioceses uniting.

In all, 88 dioceses in more than 20 countries are participating this year.

It is clear that in many places where the EF is celebrated, a center of attraction is created for faithful coming from far away, sometimes from other dioceses.

It is the sole minor basilica in Nueva Ecija province, which is divided into two dioceses, and one of only 22 churches in the country to carry such title.

Religious, seminarians and diocesan-organized groups in those dioceses supported by Catholic Extension will be directed to apply for funding through Catholic Extension.

Several other dioceses have deacons in key leadership roles.

Several U.S. dioceses are already stipulating that Mass attendance is obligatory on that day.

Similarly, he added, the ministry of acolyte, now available to women, has been granted in only a small percentage of dioceses, and he said this was often due to local priests’ reluctance to nominate women for the role.

The dioceses of St. Augustine, Venice, Pensacola-Tallahassee and St. Augustine were all reporting hurricane related impacts.