suffragan

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The Rev. Carl Wright, the Episcopal Church's bishop suffragan for armed services and federal ministries, offered the blessing as Maj.

From Fox News • Jan. 14, 2020

The Holy Eucharist with the ordination and consecration of Carl Walter Wright as bishop suffragan for the armed forces and federal ministries.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2017

She served as the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts until 2003.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016

Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain, a suffragan in Lincoln diocese, was ordained last year by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby - who has said he knew about the bishop's sexuality.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2016

Originally, the pretensions of Byzantium to ecclesiastical rank were sufficiently humble, its bishop being but a suffragan of the metropolitan of Heraclea.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.