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

The first four dioceses that could choose women as a senior bishop are Southwell & Nottingham, Oxford, Gloucester and Newcastle, although five other, more junior posts of suffragan bishop could be filled even sooner.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2014

After considerable delay—for delays were profitable to the papal court—Innocent declared that the right of election belonged solely to the monks, and that the suffragan bishops had no claim to share in it.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William