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Auxiliary bishops also exist in the Eastern Orthodox Church. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 22:23, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

will need rewording

I find:

"According to canon law, no bishop can be ordained without title to a certain and distinct episcopal see which he governs either actually or potentially, therefore auxiliary bishops are titular bishops to sees that no longer exist."

OK, but there are now 2 exceptions to this idea that every bishop has title to a distinct see:

1. coadjutor (arch)bishop; simply refer to the see of the (arch)bishop whose coadjutor the subject bishop is

2. (arch)bishop emeritus; here, we use the last diocesan title the (arch)bishop had, with the word "emeritus" inserted.

This article is about auxiliary bishops. With rare exceptions, if a man becomes an auxiliary bishop, it would be his first assignment as a bishop, thus at that time he would never have been bishop of a diocese. So he is designated as titular bishop of ___. An exception I know of is Lawrence Harold Welsh, who was Bishop of Spokane and later was auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Curial bishop

If "curial bishop" is used for auxiliary in an Eastern Catholic diocese, this needs to be worked in. Carlm0404 (talk) 09:30, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]