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dizzy_dave
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What is the difference between a Bishop and an Auxillary Bishop?
What's the difference between a Bishop and an Auxillary Bishop?
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T.A.Stobie_SFO
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A Bishop heads a diocese, while an Auxiliary Bishop serves the Bishop as the Bishop sees fits. Bishops have Auxilliaries so that they can better serve their diocese, meeting the espicopal needs of the diocese.
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Joe_Kelley
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When we got a new auxilliary bishop our bishop explained it this way:
He is **a **bishop; I am the bishop.
He is **a **bishop; I am the bishop.
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JimG
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Also, it is becoming more common to appoint an auxiliary bishop to a diocese several years before the bishop is to retire, with the understanding that when the bishop retires, the auxiliary will become bishop, thus ensuring a smooth succession.
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Antonio_B
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Code:
One has a real job (Archbishop) and the other pretends he has a real job!
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HagiaSophia
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Well that is a coadjutor bishop-- an auxiliary can be moved usually by being promoted up at any time.
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deogratias
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I always think of it as “on the job training”.
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HagiaSophia
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I have always thought they were the lucky ones - because you’re right actually - I often feel for the poor guys who get promoted up with no previous exposure to that level of church management from personal experience - must be a very hard adjustment. There’s no such thing as “bishops school”.
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Amadeus
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Other differences:
An auxiliary Bishop is a Bishop in training; a coadjutor Bishop is a Bishop in waiting.
A coadjutor Bishop has the right of succession. He is appointed by the Holy See (the Pope) if deemed opportune. He succeeds as the diocesan Bishop upon the death or resignation of the ordinary and he takes the place of the diocesan Bishop when the latter is absent or impeded. There are only a few coadjutor Bishops throughout the world.
An auxiliary does not have the right of succession but he can be appointed the diocesan Bishop if chosen by the Pope upon the vacancy of a See, i.e., if there is no current coadjutor Bishop of the diocese. Almost all dioceses have auxiliary Bishops; archdioceses have multiple auxiliary Bishops.
An auxiliary Bishop is a Bishop in training; a coadjutor Bishop is a Bishop in waiting.
A coadjutor Bishop has the right of succession. He is appointed by the Holy See (the Pope) if deemed opportune. He succeeds as the diocesan Bishop upon the death or resignation of the ordinary and he takes the place of the diocesan Bishop when the latter is absent or impeded. There are only a few coadjutor Bishops throughout the world.
An auxiliary does not have the right of succession but he can be appointed the diocesan Bishop if chosen by the Pope upon the vacancy of a See, i.e., if there is no current coadjutor Bishop of the diocese. Almost all dioceses have auxiliary Bishops; archdioceses have multiple auxiliary Bishops.
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JimG
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Thanks Amadeus and HagiaSophia for clearing this up. I never realized the distinction.
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deogratias
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Our current Bishop of less than a year, was once the Adjunctor Bishop of a different Diocese, then he was the Bishop of that Diocese and now has been moved (and we Thank you Holy Father and God for that move) to our Diocese.
Next would we describe an “Archbishop” as a Cardinal in waiting?
Next would we describe an “Archbishop” as a Cardinal in waiting?
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Amadeus
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Dear Deogratias:
In a sense, yes, Archbishops are Cardinals “in waiting!”
The Holy Father makes it a point to create Cardinals in the next consistory who are already Metropolitans and/or Archbishops of large provinces, like the Archdioceses of Chicago, L.A., or New York.
But any Bishop is eligible for creation as Cardinal if such Bishop possesses the minimum requirements set out in the Code of Canon Law (East and West).
The Pope may also create Cardinals out of the priesthood as Pope John Paul II has done in his pontificate. Under Canon Law, such a priest must first be ordained as Bishop before he can exercise the rights and privileges of the Cardinalate.
Because of advanced age, however, these priests who are created Cardinals almost always seek dispensation from the Pope, who have granted such requests, to remain as priests without episcopal ordination. His Eminence, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., remains a priest because of papal dispensation.
In a sense, yes, Archbishops are Cardinals “in waiting!”
The Holy Father makes it a point to create Cardinals in the next consistory who are already Metropolitans and/or Archbishops of large provinces, like the Archdioceses of Chicago, L.A., or New York.
But any Bishop is eligible for creation as Cardinal if such Bishop possesses the minimum requirements set out in the Code of Canon Law (East and West).
The Pope may also create Cardinals out of the priesthood as Pope John Paul II has done in his pontificate. Under Canon Law, such a priest must first be ordained as Bishop before he can exercise the rights and privileges of the Cardinalate.
Because of advanced age, however, these priests who are created Cardinals almost always seek dispensation from the Pope, who have granted such requests, to remain as priests without episcopal ordination. His Eminence, Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., remains a priest because of papal dispensation.
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deogratias
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I have read that formerly laypersons could be appointed Cardinals and that the last one appointed died in 1876.
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