| Suffragan 1. (a.) Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. 2. (n.) An assistant. 3. (n.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. Thesaurus Entries Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, antipope, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chaplain, coadjutor, curate, dean, diocesan, ecclesiarch, exarch, hierarch, high priest, metropolitan, papa, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, rural dean, subdean, suffragan, vicar |