Definition of Suffragans. Meaning of Suffragans. Synonyms of Suffragans

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Definition of Suffragans

Suffragan
Suffragan Suf"fra*gan, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See Suffragan, a.] 1. An assistant. 2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.

Meaning of Suffragans from wikipedia

- of suffragans were still limited to the 26 towns named in the 1534 Act; the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 allowed the creation of new suffragan sees...
- A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian...
- Garzon is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Popayán in the Republic of Colombia. Lying eat of Popayán, the diocese comprises the provinces of Neiva and...
- Anglo-Saxon Bishops of Ramsbury; the modern See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 24 October 1973. From the...
- ****istant) bishops in England and Wales. The tradition of appointing suffragans named after a town in the diocese other than the town the diocesan bishop...
- Birmingham; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888, by Order in Council dated 15 July 1954. The suffragan bishop of Aston ****ists the diocesan...
- of Canterbury in the Church of England. The see was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 8 February 1994 and licensed...
- Rome See: Diocese of Rome § Suffragan sees Metropolitan Diocese of Rome (includes the Vatican City State), whose suffragans are the seven suburbicarian...
- The Bishop of Bradford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds, in the Province of York, England. The...
- The Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name...