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.