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
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 ( adjutant ) + -tor -tor )
Example Sentences
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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
Before he was consecrated bishop coadjutor, Bishop Spong served for 20 years as a priest in North Carolina and Virginia.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021
But in 2014, the pope reassigned the coadjutor archbishop, Bernard A. Hebda, to another trouble spot, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2016
Hebda’s new appointment, Bellitto said, was truly shocking because he had been name coadjutor in Newark.
From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2016
In 1840 it was determined to increase the number of vicars apostolic in England from four to eight, and Dr. Wiseman, at the same time, was appointed coadjutor to Bishop Walsh at Wolverhampton.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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