The "sui juris" ritual churches of the various non-Roman rites also use coadjutors, but the manner of choosing them follows the norm of the particular law of each church for election or appointment of its bishops. Thus, the patriarchal or major archiepiscopal synods of the larger "sui juris" ritual churches typically elect coadjutors, with papal assent, while the pope typically appoints coadjutors in the smaller "sui juris" ritual churches personally. The coadjutor of an eparchy, archieparchy, or metropolis has the respective status of an eparch, archieparch, or metropolitan.