The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in
Latin
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) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal
order of precedence
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance and can be applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments, for very formal and state o ...
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These include:
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Coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co- ...
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Coadjutor archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
These include:
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Coadjutor vicar, or
Coadjutor apostolic vicar
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Coadjutor eparch, or
Coadjutor archeparch
Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...
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Coadjutor exarch The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
These include:
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Coadjutor apostolic exarch
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and e ...
Overview
The office is ancient. "Coadjutor", in the 1883 ''Catholic Dictionary'', says:
Another source identifies three kinds of coadjutors:
:(1) Temporal and revocable.
:(2) Perpetual and irrevocable.
:(3) Perpetual, with the right of future succession.
[''The Law of the Church: A Cyclopedia of Canon Law for English-speaking Countries'', Ethelred Luke Taunton, 1906, page 204.]
It describes:
See also
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Bishop (disambiguation)
A bishop is a person of authority in a Christian church.
Bishop, Bishops or Bishop's may also refer to:
Religious roles
* Bishop (Catholic Church)
* Bishop (Eastern Orthodox Church)
* Bishop (Latter Day Saints)
* Bishop (Methodism)
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Vicar (disambiguation)
Vicar typically refers to a clergy position in various Christian traditions or to an administrative political post (''Vicarius'') in Roman history.
Vicar or vicars or ''variant'', may also refer to:
Church positions
* Vicar (Anglicanism) for ...
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Exarch (disambiguation) An exarch was a military governor within the Byzantine Empire and still is a high prelate in certain Christian churches.
In fiction, exarch can mean:
* In the Dark Ages continuation of BattleTech, the title of Exarch is that of the elected chief ...
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