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• n  an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese

• The new suffragan bishop of the nation's most blueblooded Episcopal diocese is the son of a dining-car waiter on the Pere Marquette Railroad.
• Made vicar, he was nearly elected suffragan bishop of New York in 1921.
• Technically, the bishop has no diocese, but acts as administrator for North and Central Europe, which is still a suffragan bishopric of London.

• suffragan bishop

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• Anne Hodges-Copple ordained as North Carolina’s bishop suffragan
  Bishop Suffragan of North Carolina Anne Elliott Hodges-Copple offers the blessing at the conclusion of her June 15 ordination service in Durham. Photo: Richard Schori [Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina] The Diocese of North Carolina, on the morning of June 15, ordained the Rev. Anne Elliott Hodges-Copple as its sixth bishop suffragan. Hodges-Copple becomes the first female bishop in the ...
  June 17, 2013 - Worldwide Faith News