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  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop

  • Father Archie de Souza, vicar-general of the Karachi Archdiocese, says tens of thousands have migrated from the commercial capital alone.
  • Ignoring a reprimand by the vicar-general, Da Ponte and Angioletta next opened a brothelDa Ponte, "still in his cassock, played the violin.
  • This month, in a statement that in effect probated the bishop's spiritual estate, Rome announced that Elko's vicar-general, Msgr.
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  • Sources: Police Reopen Investigation into Former Minn. Priest
    Sources tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS officials at the Archdiocese are part of a criminal investigation by St. Paul Police, including Archbishop John Nienstedt and former Vicar-General Father Peter Laird. We are told the investigation, in part, involves possible child pornography on a computer used by former priest John Shelley...
    Nov. 13, 2013 - 5 Eyewitness News St. Paul

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