An '''auxiliary bishop''' (also called '''vicar bishop''', '''suffragan bishop''', and or '''chorepiscopus''') is an a [[bishop]] with no territorial authority working under the authority of an a [[diocese|diocesan]] bishop. The auxiliary typically will be is given episcopal functions to assist the work of the diocesan hierarch under whose authority he operates. He typically usually holds the title of an a city within the diocese of http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg his superior and sometimes those of an ancient and extinct episcopal see, though out of neither case will be he is not considered the ruling bishop inside of that city.

In the ancient Church, the '''chorepiscopus''' (sometimes called Being given a "country bishop") wasn't like title which is within the modern auxiliary bishop but usually served out territory of the countryside near an city which had its own another bishop and under whose authority she operatedtechnically makes auxiliary bishops [[canon law|uncanonical]]. He did not typically have authority to perform A number of Orthodox [[jurisdiction]]s deal with this canonical problem by instead appointing [[ordinationtitular bishop]]s but could function in other episcopal ways. It will be generally believed that , who hold extinct sees which are not within the chorepiscopate developed out territory of the part of the Roman Empire which is modern day Romaniaa ruling bishop.