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suffragan

noun as in primate

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In 2019, she became suffragan - or assistant - Bishop of Southampton in the Diocese of Winchester and ended up taking charge of the diocese after Bishop Tim Dakin stepped down in a row over the Channel Islands.

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And the bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Virginia, the Rt.

One ally of the farmworkers’ organizing effort is Anne Hodges-Copple, bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, who noted that “Bible story after Bible story is about marginalized communities.”

In September 1988, representatives of the Episcopal clergy and laity elected her bishop suffragan, or assisting bishop, in Massachusetts.

Rev. Harris was suffragan bishop in Massachusetts for 13 years before retiring in 2002.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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