In the Anglican Communion, the term applies to a bishop who is a full-time assistant to a diocesan bishop: the Bishop of Warwick is suffragan to the Bishop of Coventry (the diocesan), though both live in Coventry.
Na Comuñón Anglicana o termo emprégase para un bispo que axuda a tempo completo a un bispo diocesano: o bispo de Warwick, por exemplo, é sufragáneo do de Coventry, aínda que os dous viven en Coventry.