alternative episcopal oversight

English

Alternative forms

• AEO (initialism)

Noun

alternative episcopal oversight (uncountable)

1. (Anglicanism) A system allowing parishes that reject the theological permissibility of the ordination or consecration of women to receive ministration from a bishop other than that of their respective geographical diocese, known as a provincial episcopal visitor or “flying bishop”.

   Near-synonym: extended episcopal care

   • 2018, Christopher Craig Brittain, Andrew McKinnon, The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads: The Crises of a Global Church, →ISBN, page 184:

     Alternative episcopal oversight breaks this strong link between the local bishop and the geographical diocese; moreover, it undermines the bishop as a symbol of unity for the local church.