coadjutor

American  

[koh-aj-uh-ter, koh-uh-joo-ter] / koʊˈædʒ ə tər, ˌkoʊ əˈdʒu tər /

noun

1. an assistant.

2. an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic.

3. a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession.

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coadjutor British  

/ kəʊˈædʒʊtə /

noun

1. a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop

2. rare an assistant

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Other Word Forms

• coadjutress
  noun

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 )

Example Sentences

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda, a well-regarded canon lawyer with degrees from Harvard and Columbia universities and ample experience in Rome, was named Coadjutor Archbishop of the Newark Archdiocese in September 2013.

From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2016

Mississippi Bishop Coadjutor John Maury Allin did not oppose the repeal of the December ruling, but he did complain that Episcopal civil rights activists who came to Mississippi paid no attention to his views.

From Time Magazine Archive

Five months ago Vienna's hard-driving Archbishop Coadjutor Franz Jachym vainly petitioned the Austrian Chancellor and Parliament to do something about it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month, when the Episcopal diocese of Southern Ohio found itself without a Bishop because of the resignation of Bishop Boyd Vincent, 84, and the serious illness of Bishop Coadjutor Theodore Irving.

From Time Magazine Archive

However, one day, when in the bitter cold of January she could not even afford a fire, she received a visit from the Coadjutor Bishop, who was a man of great importance among the Frondeurs.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta