Translation (ecclesiastical)

Translation is the technical term when a bishop is transferred from one episcopal see to another.^[1]^[2] (Another religious meaning of the term is the translation of relics.)

This can be

From suffragan bishop status to diocesan bishop
From coadjutor bishop to diocesan bishop
From one country's episcopate to another
From diocesan bishop to archbishop

References

↑ “Pocket Guide to the Anglican Church” Lloyd R.H: ISBN Lincoln,Mowbray, 1984 0264669967
↑ Coredon, Christopher (2007). A Dictionary of Medieval Terms & Phrases (Reprint ed.). Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-84384-138-8.

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