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A bishop elected or appointed as an assistant to the bishop or ordinary of a diocese, having administrative and episcopal responsibilities but no jurisdictional functions.
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A bishop regarded in position as subordinate to an archbishop or a metropolitan.
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Of, being, or relating to a suffragan.
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