Editing Coadjutor bishop (section)

{{Short description|Assistant of the diocesan bishop}}
{{distinguish|text=the title of [[auxiliary bishop]], a similar position}}

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A '''coadjutor bishop''' (or '''bishop coadjutor''') ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the [[Latin Church|Latin Catholic]], [[Anglican Communion|Anglican]] and (historically) [[Eastern Orthodox]] churches whose main role is to assist the [[diocesan bishop]] in administering the diocese.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O4pj9YNdgJYC&q=coadjutor+orthodox&pg=PA91|title=The Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church from the Fifth Century to the Present|last=Patrich|first=Joseph|date=2001|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=9789042909762|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yp6oDQAAQBAJ&q=coadjutor+orthodox&pg=PT184|title=The Latin Church in the Crusader States: The Secular Church|last=Hamilton|first=Bernard|date=2016-12-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351887052|language=en}}</ref> 

The coadjutor automatically succeeds the diocesan bishop when he retires, dies or leaves office for another reason.  In the Latin Catholic Church, the coadjutor is a priest or bishop appointed by the pope in Rome. He is considered the principal deputy administrator of the diocese. 

In the Eastern Catholic churches, the adjutor may be appointed by the pope or by the church itself.  Within the Anglican Communion, a diocesan committee appoints the coadjutor, who can be male or female.