How to Use archdiocese in a Sentence

archdiocese

noun
  • Brebeuf did not fire him and split with the archdiocese on the issue.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Kressel could still rule in favor of the archdiocese plan over that vote.
    — Tad Vezner, Twin Cities, 11 May 2017
  • Instead, it will be returned to the care of the archdiocese.
    — Hannah Brueske, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • The archdiocese later said the parish couldn't afford to pay her.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The archdiocese says its plan is both fair to victims and ensures its survival.
    — Tom Corrigan, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The adobe became a museum for a while, was sold to the city and then sold back to the archdiocese.
    — Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • That’s more than the 120 churches and chapels in the archdiocese.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2019
  • The archdiocese and its lawyer did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • But the biggest task will be putting the archdiocese’s records in better order.
    — Ken Byron, courant.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The archdiocese has since added 42 names to its public list of those accused of abuse.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • The archdiocese did not say whether the teacher resigned or was dismissed.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
  • About 40 schools in the Louisville area fall under the archdiocese.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The city and the archdiocese have clashed during the pandemic.
    — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Block leaders like Adorno are trained by the archdiocese to set up a feeding site and to handle food.
    — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • Around $160,000 may have been stolen from the church, the archdiocese said.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
  • The new law allowed for a flood of lawsuits, with more than 900 against the archdiocese.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In New York, the archdiocese closed 20 schools over the summer.
    — Rob Dirienzo, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Moloney was asked to step down by the archdiocese on June 9 after outrage over the message.
    — Fox News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • In October, the archdiocese tried to have the case dismissed.
    — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
  • But the archdiocese agreed to rebuild the church, which reopened in 2007.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The archdiocese would not be the first in California to take such action.
    — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The couple has been at the center of a fight between their schools and the archdiocese, which directed the schools to fire both men.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The schools will close at the end of the 2025-26 school year, the archdiocese confirmed.
    — Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Cathedral is one of those, so Payne-Elliott was employed by the school and not the archdiocese.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2021
  • The archdiocese moved the priest from parish to parish, the attorney general’s report notes.
    — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 23 May 2023
  • The archdiocese has more than 200 parishes, and most of the active priests are over the age of 50.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Brouillard still receives a $550 stipend from the Guam archdiocese each month.
    — USA TODAY, 5 May 2018
  • The six schools are expected to operate through the remainder of the school year, the archdiocese said.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • He was ordained a priest in the archdiocese of Bamberg in 1954.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Since last year, the archdiocese has announced that at least eight Catholic schools will close and, in some cases, merge with others in the area.
    — Jordan Otero Sisson, Courant Community, 12 Mar. 2018

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