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A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. Image File history File links Question_book-new. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      This article... In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop (then more precisely called Metropolitan archbishop) of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ... A bishop in charge of a diocese. ...

Catholic Church

Main article: Bishop (Catholic Church)

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). This article is about the role of bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... This article is about the role of bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Bishop Richard Pates, current auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Titular Bishop of Suacia. ...

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 term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... A bishop in charge of a diocese. ... The Bishop of Jarrow is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham. ... The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. ... The Bishop of Selby is one of the three Bishops Suffragan in the Diocese of York along with the Bishop of Hull and the Bishop of Whitby. ... The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. ... The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 was an act of the English Parliament that authorised the appointment of suffragan (i. ...

The Church of Ireland has no Suffragan Bishops, not even in the geographically large dioceses or in the two archdioceses. The Church of Ireland (Irish: ) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...

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 was titled simply "Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts".-1... The Right Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris (born 12 June 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion and in any branch of Christianity that believes in Apostolic succession. ... The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original Dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. ...

See also

• Chorbishop