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DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111.

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Diocesan chaplain, the Ven Peter Townsend, received a cross for safe keeping from Bishop Nick.

Memorable day for the Mothers' Union

The diocesan spokeswoman would only say that the diocese is cooperating with law enforcement.

Bishop testifies

Delisle, vice chancellor for operations and diocesan spokesman.

Diocese's fiscal year ends slightly up

LifeSiteNews, on the other hand, reports that on contacting the diocesan spokesman Gilles Ferland, it turns out that neither the bishop nor the diocesan priest council offered objections to Fr.

Anti-life priest now Bloc Quebecois candidate

The PCC then pressed its right for a diocesan court to argue its case.

ORGAN ROW GOES TO COURT

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a national survey that Hoge did in 2001 of 1,800 active and retired priests--1,279 of whom responded--showed that 53% of diocesan priests and 60% of religious order priests agreed with the statement, "Celibacy should be a matter of personal choice for diocesan priests."

Almost a third of Milwaukee priests oppose mandatory Celibacy

Burns conducts a prosopographical study of appointments to archdeaconries, which reveals a "combination of care and boldness" that "paid dividends, for archdeacons were the dogsbodies of the Diocesan Revival, transforming the schemes of bishops and Ecclesiastical Commission into concrete achievement" (74).

The Diocesan Revival in the Church of England, c. 1800-1870

Fall River Diocesan Health Facilities Executive Director Reverend Edmund Fitzgerald said in a statement, "This network will enable us to understand, help shape, and compete for realistic arrangements in the Department of Medical Assistance's proposed Senior Care Organization initiative for Medicare-Medicaid dually eligible seniors."

Six Massachusetts non-profits form network

Rabonza explained that policies and guidelines were crafted in line with the revival of the commission he was leading, which, in part, would review all plans for new constructions and major renovations in line with diocesan policies and building code.

Antipolo diocese assures preservation of Quisao chapel in Pililia, Rizal

Mothers' Union works in three yearly cycles but this one was more special for Bradford, Ripon & Leeds and Wakefield Dioceses as from January 2016 there will be one Diocesan Mothers' Union for the whole of the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales.

Banner out of retirement for cathedral celebration

We cannot talk about the Anglican Journal and the diocesan newspaper network without a big nod of appreciation to Bishop George Luxton from the diocese of Huron.

Thanks, Bishop George Luxton!

One morning in late December, many college-age men received phone calls or voice mail messages from Barres or two other diocesan priests asking them to consider a vocation to the priesthood.