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A suffragan bishop is a bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
 subordinate to a metropolitan bishop
Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis ; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital....
 or diocesan bishop
Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop is a bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, Assistant Bishop, Coadjutor Bishop, auxiliary bishops, Metropolitan bishop, and Primate ....
.

Anglican Churches
In the Anglican Churches, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop
Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop is a bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, Assistant Bishop, Coadjutor Bishop, auxiliary bishops, Metropolitan bishop, and Primate ....
, for example, the Bishop of Jarrow
Bishop of Jarrow

The Bishop of Jarrow is an Episcopal polity title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England....
 is suffragan to the Bishop of Durham
Bishop of Durham

The Bishop of Durham is the Church of England bishop responsible for the diocese of Diocese of Durham in the province of York. The Diocese is one of the oldest in the country and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords....
 (the diocesan).






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A suffragan bishop is a bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
 subordinate to a metropolitan bishop
Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis ; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital....
 or diocesan bishop
Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop is a bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, Assistant Bishop, Coadjutor Bishop, auxiliary bishops, Metropolitan bishop, and Primate ....
.

Catholic Church


Main article: Bishop (Catholic Church)
Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an Holy Orders Minister who holds the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the faith and ruling the church....


In the Catholic Church this term is applied to all non-metropolitan bishop
Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an Holy Orders Minister who holds the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the faith and ruling the church....
s (that is, diocesan bishops of diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
s within a metropolitan's province, and auxiliary bishop
Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional Bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office requiring the diocesan bishop's protracted p...
s).

Anglican Churches


In the Anglican Churches, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop
Diocesan bishop

A diocesan bishop is a bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, Assistant Bishop, Coadjutor Bishop, auxiliary bishops, Metropolitan bishop, and Primate ....
, for example, the Bishop of Jarrow
Bishop of Jarrow

The Bishop of Jarrow is an Episcopal polity title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England....
 is suffragan to the Bishop of Durham
Bishop of Durham

The Bishop of Durham is the Church of England bishop responsible for the diocese of Diocese of Durham in the province of York. The Diocese is one of the oldest in the country and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords....
 (the diocesan). Some Anglican suffragans are given the responsibility for a geographical area within the diocese (for example, the Bishop of Selby
Bishop of Selby

The Bishop of Selby is an Episcopal polity title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, in the Province of York, England....
 is an area bishop within the Diocese of York
Diocese of York

The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers the city of York, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and most of the East Riding of Yorkshire....
). The practice of appointing such bishops can be traced to the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
Suffragan Bishops Act 1534

The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England that authorised the appointment of suffragan bishop#Anglican Churches bishops in England and Wales....
.

The Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating across the island of Ireland. Like other Anglican churches, it considers itself to be both Catholicism and Protestant Reformation....
 has no Suffragan Bishops, not even in the geographically large dioceses or in the two archdioceses.

In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Suffragan Bishops are fairly common in larger dioceses, but usually have no specific region of responsibility within a diocese, and so are not given the title of a particular city. Thus Barbara Clementine Harris
Barbara Clementine Harris

The Rt. Rev. Barbara Clementine Harris was the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion....
 was titled simply "Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the List of Original Dioceses of ECUSA Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America....
".

See also

  • Chorbishop
    Chorbishop

    A chorbishop is a rank of Clergy#Christian clergy below bishop. The name chorepiscope or chorepiscopus is taken from the Greek language and means rural bishop....