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Suffragan in a sentence as a noun
> Also, the local Archdiocese across the US need to get their **** together, Local dioceses, which include but are not limited to archdiocese; metropolitan archbishops have extremely limited authority over the diocese of suffragan bishops within their province, so archdioceses have no real special status here other than that they also happen to be dioceses. > its ******* disgusting that they are the leading cause of whooping cough, mumps and so on coming back in force and killing people.
Suffragan definitions
            noun
            
      an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese