Suffragan

['sʌfrəg(ə)n]

(noun.) an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese.

Inputed by Hubert--From WordNet

(a.) Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

(a.) An assistant.

(a.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.

Inputed by Katherine

n. Bishop (as subject to an archbishop), assistant bishop, suffragan bishop.

Checker: Nanette

adj. assisting.—n. a coadjutor-bishop: any bishop in relation to his metropolitan.—n. Suff′raganship.

Checker: Zachariah