Crossword-Solution: SUFFRAGAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Suffragan | a. | Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. |
| Suffragan | a. | An assistant. |
| Suffragan | a. | A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “SUFFRAGAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| bishop appointed to assist an archbishop | 1 answer |
| AN ASSISTANT OR SUBORDINATE BISHOP OF A DIOCESE | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
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Sentences with SUFFRAGAN (5)
See Bishop.] A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
Prior to this, and for a number of years later, clergymen of the Church of England, and English-speaking Catholic priests, were ordained in the Old World, before coming to the New, remaining under the control of the Bishop and of the Vicar Apostolic of London, while the Spanish Catholics were under the Suffragan of Santiago de Cuba, and the French Catholics under the Bishop of Quebec.
The honors and estates of the church were attributed to _his_ suffragan bishops, and it was not without difficulty, that Constantine was satisfied with inflicting the punishment of exile on the principal leaders of the Donatist faction.
The six metropolitans, Toledo, Seville, Merida, Braga, Tarragona, and Narbonne, presided according to their respective seniority; the assembly was composed of their suffragan bishops, who appeared in person, or by their proxies; and a place was assigned to the most holy, or opulent, of the Spanish abbots.
The archbishop or metropolitan was empowered, by the laws, to summon the suffragan bishops of his province; to revise their conduct, to vindicate their rights, to declare their faith, and to examine the merits of the candidates who were elected by the clergy and people to supply the vacancies of the episcopal college.