coadjutor
Americannoun
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an assistant.
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an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic.
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a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession.
noun
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a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop
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rare an assistant
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Etymology
Origin of coadjutor
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to co- co- + adjūtor helper ( adjū- base of adjuvāre to help ( cf. adjutant) + -tor -tor )
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The Most Reverend Richard G. Henning is the new coadjutor bishop of Providence with a right of succession.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022
Soon after he arrived at the Diocese of Newark in 1976 as bishop coadjutor, a steppingstone to bishop, the diocese became one of the first to ordain women to the priesthood.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021
But in 2013, the pope reassigned Bishop Hebda to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Francis did not name a new coadjutor archbishop for Newark.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2017
Hebda’s new appointment, Bellitto said, was truly shocking because he had been name coadjutor in Newark.
From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2016
His worthy relative and coadjutor, the late Baboo Prosono Coomar Tagore, C. S. I., who has left a princely fortune, was no less distinguished for his enlarged views and liberal sentiments.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder
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