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UK
/dɪˈəʊssən/
]
[ US /daɪˈɑsəsən/ ]
[ US /daɪˈɑsəsən/ ]
NOUN
- a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
ADJECTIVE
- belonging to or governing a diocese
How To Use diocesan In A Sentence
- A good deal has been written about the need for accountability and transparency in diocesan transactions, financial and managerial.
- Besides this diocesan system of priestly pastoral care, there are two other administrative bodies of crucial importance.
- All 44 diocesan bishops and 10 suffragans were asked to attend the meeting to discuss October's Windsor Report, a document produced to examine the crisis.
- Besides this diocesan system of priestly pastoral care, there are two other administrative bodies of crucial importance.
- The lack of civility is very disturbing," said Terrence C. Donilon, the archdiocesan spokesman. Catholic Blogs Aim To Purge Dissenters
- Among the Catholic institutions surveyed (including congregations of religious women and men, healthcare systems, and archdioceses and dioceses), the archdiocesan and diocesan responses were the weakest.
- In 1980 there were 44,000 students attending 30 archdiocesan high schools.
- The so-called diocesan process of his beatification was begun on 11 The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
- While clergy and lay members of the national church voted to hand the question of blessing same sex relationships to a theological committee, the Diocese of Toronto is set to debate the matter at its diocesan synod this fall.
- At the same time, diocesan leaders must work especially hard to make clear the differences between a Mass and a Communion service.