Diocesan bishop

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A diocesan bishop, within various Christian traditions, is a

cardinal or patriarch
.

Titular bishops in the

Roman Catholic Church may be assistant bishops with special faculties, coadjutor bishops (these bishops are now named as coadjutors of the dioceses they will lead, and not as titular bishops), auxiliary bishops, nuncios or similar papal diplomats (usually archbishops), officials of the Roman Curia (usually for bishops as heads or deputies of departments who are not previous ordinaries), etc. They may also hold other positions such as cardinal. The see of titular bishop is only nominal, not pastoral- meaning he does not exercise final authority as the head bishop (the ordinary), or have the right to automatically succeed the aforementioned individual (the coadjutor), over an existing diocese or archdiocese or their Eastern rite equivalents, (arch-)eparchies. Titular bishops may be active or retired. Occasionally, as a priest, they may have been given a titular bishopric or archbishopric as an honor by the Pope, similar to when he names some cardinals.[1]

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See also: Hierarchy of the Catholic Church § Diocesan bishops, and Bishops in the Catholic Church § Diocesan bishops or eparchs

A diocesan

sanctifying the faithful of his diocese, sharing these duties with the priests and deacons who serve under him.[4]

Coadjutor bishop

The Holy See can appoint a coadjutor bishop[5] for a diocese. He has special faculties and the right of succession.

Auxiliary bishop

The diocesan bishop may request that the Holy See appoint one or more auxiliary bishops to assist him in his duties.[6]

Bishop emeritus

When a diocesan bishop or auxiliary bishop retires, the word "

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
, on his retirement.

Eastern orthodox

Archiereus (

Eastern Catholic Church, for those services which correspond to the pontifical services of the Roman Rite. The term is distinct from protoiereus (archpriest), the highest ecclesiastical rank which a married priest may attain in the Greek Church.[7]

The word is used in the New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews to mean "high priest" (Heb 2:17; 3:1; 4:14,15; 5:1,5,10; 6:20; 7:26,27,28; 8:1,3; 9:7,11,25; 19:11; 13:11).[citation needed]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Code of Canon Law (1983), canon 376. Quote=Bishops to whom the care of some diocese is entrusted are called diocesan; others are called titular Archived February 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Code of Canon Law. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original
    on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  3. Code of Canon Law. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original
    on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  4. Code of Canon Law. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original
    on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  5. Code of Canon Law. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original
    on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  6. Code of Canon Law. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original
    on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  7. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Shipman, Andrew Jackson (1907). "Archiereus". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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