Suffragan bishop
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A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop.
[edit] Catholic Church
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In the Catholic Church this term is applied to all non-metropolitan bishops (that is, diocesan bishops of dioceses within a metropolitan's province, and auxiliary bishops).
[edit] Anglican Churches
In the Anglican Churches, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop, for example, the Bishop of Jarrow is suffragan to the Bishop of Durham (the diocesan). Some Anglican suffragans are given the responsibility for a geographical area within the diocese (for example, the Bishop of Selby is an area bishop within the Diocese of York). The practice of appointing such bishops can be traced to the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.
The Church of Ireland has no Suffragan Bishops, not even in the geographically large dioceses or in the two archdioceses.
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