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See: region DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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R, (Redemptorist), 56, has been appointed to the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in succession to Archbishop Arte Guimond who turned 75 in May 2006. In Oregon, where the Roman Catholic archdiocese is in bankruptcy and its assets subject to seizure, the archdiocese claims that parish church buildings and land are the property of the individual parishes, and therefore cannot be seized from the parishes by the court ("Oregon Archbishop Resists Church Property Ruling," AU Bulletin, February Church & State). The former CEO of the food purchasing wing of the Archdiocese of New York has been indicted on charges of pocketing $2 million, the Associated Press reports. |
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