Antonyms for diocese
ˈdaɪ ə sɪs, -ˌsiz, -ˌsisdio·cese

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1. diocese, bishopric, episcopatenoun

   the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop

   Synonyms:
   episcopate, bishopry, bishopric, episcopacy

How to use diocese in a sentence?

1. Edward J. Burns:

   ... But in reality, the diocese cannot turn over what it does not have.

2. Anne Barrett Doyle from BishopAccountability.org:

   The pope should have suspended and investigated Barros, not given him another diocese to run.

3. Edward J. Burns:

   The fundamental premise of the affidavit is that because a piece of information discovered in an entirely independent police investigation is not in the dioceses files, the diocese must have hidden or concealed that information and is continuing to hide or conceal that information, so that it warrants a raid of religious offices.

4. Santiago Silva:

   It's possible that the pope will ask some (bishops) to leave their diocese ... there must be a drastic solution, strong and decisive, that is for certain.

5. Edward McFadden:

   Regarding the Father Ernest Paone case, the man lived in California and Nevada from the mid-1960s onward and was not in the Pittsburgh Diocese when Donald Wuerl arrived. Donald Wuerl knew of no claims against Father Ernest Paone until July 25, 1994, and then acted promptly to notify others out of state of an allegation after Donald Wuerl received it.

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