He is assisted in this role by the auxiliary bishops.

Martin had called for his two auxiliary bishops to quit, but both initially refused.

They will replace three retiring auxiliary bishops, he said.

Some dioceses (usually those that are larger) also have auxiliary bishops who help the ordinary.

From the 14th century auxiliary bishops became necessary due to the civil duties that absorbed the attention of the Bishop himself.

He was to be the first of three auxiliary bishops to serve the parish consecutively as its pastor.

These too must be priests or auxiliary bishops.

In Szczecin, there were talks between party representatives and the auxiliary bishops of the diocese.

There are 195 dioceses in the United States, and some have auxiliary bishops who also voted.

Each diocese has a bishop (ordinary) and some dioceses also have one or more auxiliary bishops.

Both bishops had been auxiliary bishops in the Diocese of Boston.

The archbishop is assisted by four auxiliary bishops, each with specific areas of responsibility within the administration of the archdiocese.

Auxiliary bishops do not govern in their own right but act only as directed by their diocesan bishop.

The bishops usually served as auxiliary bishops or fulfilled other duties for the archbishops.

These are grouped into deaneries and subject to vicars-general who often coincide with auxiliary bishops.

The auxiliary bishops are also Vicar-Generals of the archdiocese.

A compromise was struck, though, by which he would allowed to be given four auxiliary bishops to help govern the farflung diocese.

Auxiliary bishops also serve as vicar generals.

Bishops who assist diocesan bishops are usually called auxiliary bishops.

By the end of December 2009 four former or current auxiliary bishops of Dublin had offered to resign.

Other auxiliary bishops are usually appointed vicars general or at least episcopal vicars.

"In the nine years he's been in St. Louis, we've never met with him, nor any of his auxiliary bishops, despite repeated attempts."

St. Pius V extended the privilege to the sees in which it was customary to have auxiliary bishops.

In a pattern later adopted in many other dioceses, he gave his auxiliary bishops responsibility for specific regions of the archdiocese.

The following are auxiliary bishops: