SUFFRAGAN

SUFFRAGAN suffragan (s[schwa]f-r[schwa]-g[schwa]n). A titular bishop ordained to assist a bishop of the diocese in the church business; a deputy or assistant bishop. ? Suffragans were originally appointed only to replace absent bishops and were called chorepiscopi (¡°bishops of the county¡±), as distinguished from the regular bishops of the city or see. How do Chinese […]