Editing Coadjutor bishop (section)

==Anglican communion==
In some [[province (Anglican)|provinces]] of the [[Anglican Communion]], a bishop coadjutor (the form usually used) is a bishop elected or appointed to follow the current diocesan bishop upon the incumbent's death or retirement.

In the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]], when a diocesan bishop announces their intent to retire, they normally call for a special diocesan convention to elect a bishop coadjutor.  The bishop coadjutor and diocesan bishop then serve jointly until the diocesan bishop dies or retires. The coadjutor automatically becomes the diocesan bishop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Coadjutor |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/bishop-coadjutor/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=The Episcopal Church |language=en-US}}</ref>

A "bishop suffragan" is elected to assist the diocesan bishop under his direction, but without the inherent right of succession.<ref>[https://www.epicenter.org/how-many-different-types-of-bishops-are-there/ "How many different types of bishops are there?", The Episcopal Diocese of Texas]</ref>

There have been bishops coadjutor in the [[Anglican Church of Australia]] without the right of succession to the diocesan see.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}