Too many celibate priests bashing the bishops for my liking.

But the Vatican has held fast, calling for prayer and stronger efforts to recruit celibate priests.

He felt like a celibate priest doing marriage counseling.

According to an obituarist 'he treated women with a detached courtesy as of a celibate priest.

Later he became a monk and was ordained a celibate priest in 1972.

He himself, as a celibate priest, had no heirs.

My sister said, 'Of course he's going to be a celibate priest.'

The bishops are elected from among those celibate priests who have achieved the rank of archimandrite.

A celibate priest would thus ensure donations from the neighboring landed aristocracy.