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coadjutor

[koh-aj-uh-ter, koh-uh-joo-ter] / koʊˈædʒ ə tər, ˌkoʊ əˈdʒu tər /


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The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning is the new coadjutor bishop of Providence with a right of succession.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

Soon after he arrived at the Diocese of Newark in 1976 as bishop coadjutor, a steppingstone to bishop, the diocese became one of the first to ordain women to the priesthood.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021

In 2013, the pope named a Michigan bishop, Bernard A. Hebda, to be coadjutor archbishop in Newark.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2017

He was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of Armagh in January 2013 and ordained in April 2013.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2014

Beethoven was his able coadjutor in this attempt, and the boy-quartet, directed by one not much older than themselves, did honour to the discernment of their patron.

From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Elliott Graeme




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