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Suffragan. Bishops are styled suffragan, a word signifying deputy, in respect of their relation to the archbishop of their province. But formerly each archbishop and bishop had also his suffragan to assist him in conferring orders, and in other spiritual parts of his office within his diocese. These are called suffragan bishops, and resemble the chorepiscopi, or bishops of the country, in the early times of the Christian Church. How this inferior order of bishops may be appointed and consecrated for twenty-five towns therein specified (including Thetford, Grantham, and Gloucester) is regulated by 26 Hen. 8, c. 14, which enacts that every archbishop and bishop disposed to have a suffragan should name to the king 'two honest and discreet spiritual persons, being learned and of good conversation,' and that each of them should request the king to appoint one of them. Notwithstanding this statute, it was not until very recent years, when the suffragans were appointed for a few of the specif...
Bishop
Bishop [fr. 'plokopoV, Gk. Biscop, Sax.], an overseer or superintendent. The chief of the clergy in his diocese or jurisdiction in England, Wales, or Ireland, and the archbishop's suffragan or assistant. A bishop is elected by the king's cong' d' 'lire, or license to elect the person named by the king, accompanied, by virtue of 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, by a letter-missive, addressed to the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate whom he pleases. A bishop is said to be installed, and there are four things necessary to his complete title: (1) election, which resembles the presentation of a clerk to an ecclesiastical benefice; (2) confirmation, which cannot be opposed on doctrinal grounds: see Reg. v. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1902 KB 503, under title CONFIRMATION OF BISHOPS; (3) consecration, similar to institution; (4) installation, answering to induction. The bishop are the lords spiritual in Parliament: see HOUSE OF LORDS....
Chorepiscopus
A ldquocountryrdquo or suffragan bishop appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district...
Archbishop
Archbishop [fr. apxletlokotos, Gk., fr. apxwv, chief, and emokotos, bishop], the chief of the clergy in his province; he has supreme power under the king in all ecclesiastical causes, and superintends the conduct of other bishops, his suffragans. The archbishops are said to be enthroned when they are vested in the archbishopric, whereas bishops are said to be installed. An archbishop, if promoted from a bishopric, as is usually the case, does not require any further consecration, but all archbishops require both election and confirmation, similarly to bishops. England has two archbishops, Canterbury and York. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in granting licenses and dispensations, has taken the place of the Pope before 25 Hen. 8, c. 21, by virtue of s. 3 of that Act. He is styled Primate of all England, the Archbishop of York being styled Primate of England. And see BISHOP; CONFIRMATION....
Chrismati denarii
Chrismati denarii chrisom pence, paid to the diocesan or his suffragan by the parochial clergy about Estate. It is otherwise called quadragesimals, or paschals, or Easter-pence. Obsolete...
Coadjutor
Coadjutor, an assistant, helper, or ally: particularly a person appointed to assist a bishop, who from age of infirmity is unable to perform his duty: and see SUFFRAGAN....
Option
Option. 1. When a new suffragan bishop is consecrated by the archbishop of the province, by a customary prerogative, the archbishop claims the collation of the first vacant dignity or benefice in that see, at his own choice, i.e., option. Options are now disused. 2. The word is also used in commercial matters to express a right to effect a certain dealing or not in shares or goods at a stated price at a certain date, at the option of the person bargaining, who pays a premium for the right....
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