In the Anglican Communion, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop: the Bishop of Warwick is suffragan to the Bishop of Coventry (the diocesan), though both live in Coventry.

Hristiyanlıkta dinî rütbe olan piskoposu tanımlayan terimdir; satrançta “fil” taşına da İngilizcede bishop denir. Eski İngilizceye Latince episcopus üzerinden geçmiştir

Bishop, in some Christian churches, is the chief pastor and overseer of a diocese, an area containing several congregations. Certain Christian traditions have maintained the view that bishops are the successors of the Apostles, a doctrine known as apostolic succession.

In the game of chess, a bishop is a piece that can move only in a diagonal way along squares of the same color.

It cannot jump over other pieces. A bishop captures by occupying the square on which an enemy piece stands. As a consequence of its diagonal movement, each bishop always remains on one square color. Owing to this, it is common to refer to a bishop as a light-squared or dark-squared bishop.

The Old English word bisceop, from which we get our English word bishop, comes from the Latin word episcopus. Like many other Latin words connected with religion and the church, this was borrowed from Greek, the language in which the New Testament was written.

(Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another 's membership in the church. quotations c. 1000, Thorpe's Laws, II. 348 (Bosw.)

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Current and historical information about the Bishops and Dioceses of the Catholic Hierarchy around the world.

In the Anglican Communion, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop: the Bishop of Warwick is suffragan to the Bishop of Coventry (the diocesan), though both live in Coventry.