A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church [1] , the Episcopal Church [2] , Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and the Romanian Orthodox Church [3] .
In the Catholic Church, although such a diocese is governed by its own bishop or ordinary, who is the suffragan bishop, the metropolitan archbishop has in its regard certain rights and duties of oversight.[ specify ] He has no power of governance within a suffragan diocese, but has some limited rights and duties[ specify ] to intervene in cases of neglect by the authorities of the diocese itself. [4]
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