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English dioceses tend to be named from the see city in which the bishop's chair (cathedra) is located within the principal church (cathedral). Thus: the Diocese of London, the Diocese of Durham, the Diocese of Salisbury.
American dioceses tend to be named after the state in which they are located. Thus, the Diocese of New York, the Diocese of California, the Diocese of Tennessee.
Some American states contain more than one diocese and have oddly geopgraphic names. Thus the Diocese of Upper South Carolina and the Diocese of Western North Carolina.
Some have more interesting names, based on their history. Thus, the Diocese of El Camino Real and the Diocese of Rio Grande.
When the Diocese of Olympia was carved out of the Washington Territory, it was assumed that the see city would be the state capital: Olympia. Those who named the diocese were wrong about this, as the see ended up in Seattle.
The City of Olympia was named after the nearby Olympic Mountains, which were named after the home of the Greek gods.
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Thanks for the explanation, Padre. I was all at see there for a while!  Speaking of which, I was at the Haghia Sophia (St Sophia) in Istanbul yesterday morning. What an amazing building! You see the pictures, but you get no idea of the scale or the richness of it all. Worth an hour of anyone's time.
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Father Steve, you're a minoritarian now? Does your bishop know?
Speaking of bishops,would you mind explaining "suffragan"? It sounds like that kind of bishop can expect to have a hard time...
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Speaking of bishops,would you mind explaining "suffragan"?
There are three subspecies of bishops in the American Episcopal Church: bishop, bishop coadjutor, and bishop suffragan. There are no archbishops because this is the Colonies and we were allergic to arch-anything, at least at the time of the American Revolution.
A diocesan bishop is called a "bishop" and is sometimes also called the "ordinary" -- in reference to his/her role in ordaining priests and deacons.
A bishop coadjutor is a person elected to succeed the diocesan bishop upon the latter's retirement. Such a bishop is elected "early" in order to provide some overlap between the retiring ordinary's term and the term of the successor ordinary. While the retiring bishop remains in office, the newly-elected bishop is called coadjutor. This title drops off (sort of like the umbilicus on a newborn baby) on the day the ordinary retires.
A bishop suffragan is subordinate to and an assistant of an ordinary, with no right of succession. The term "suffragan" derives from a Middle English word which derived from a Latin word that mean "to support." [It is also the root of the word suffrage, in the sense of the right to vote.]
The old joke is that the difference between a suffragan and a coadjutor can be discerned by the first thing they say to the ordinary in the morning. The suffragan says "Good morning, bishop. How may I help you today?" The coadjutor says "Good morning, bishop. How are you feeling?"
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Thanks, Father Steve. A bishop coadjutor is a person elected to succeed the diocesan bishop upon the latter's retirement. Dang--wouldn't it be simpler to just call him the back-up?  I'm glad you put in reference to his/her role in ordaining priests and deacons. You can guess why! Yes--you would have had to read another ridiculous alternative suggestion!
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