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Vargas’ message comes at the heels of Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino’s issuing a dispensation, saying parishioners in fear of ICE activity may miss Sunday Mass, the Los Angeles Times reported.—Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025 San Bernardino Roman Catholic Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a dispensation this week, offering members of his diocese’s roughly one million parishioners the option to stay home Sundays amid ongoing immigration enforcement sweeps.—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025 About 52% of parishioners attend Mass in Spanish, as opposed to 46% in English, Andrews said.—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 July 2025 But the rapid succession of three important ones raises questions about their ability to ensure cohesion among a set of large and theologically diverse group of parishioners.—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parishioner
Word History
Etymology
Middle English parisshoner, probably modification of Anglo-French parochien, from paroche
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