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  2. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ , so to respect the diversity of gifts and ministries necessary for genuine unity.

  3. Order of precedence in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    De facto precedence should be applied where, a non-ordained religious or lay ecclesial minister serves in an office equivalent listed below (e.g., a diocesan director of Catholic Education is an equal office to an episcopal vicar, a pastoral life director an equal office to pastor, though with respect to the principle of the hierarchy of order ...

  4. Holy orders in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In the phrase "holy orders", the word "holy" means "set apart for a sacred purpose". The word "order" designates an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy, and ordination means legal incorporation into an order. In context, therefore, a group with a hierarchical structure that is set apart for ministry in the Church.

  5. Abdal - Wikipedia

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    The term over time has come to include a greater hierarchy of saints, all of different rank and prestige. Etymology "Abdal" is the plural of "Badal" or rather "Badeel ...

  6. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    Religious orders in the Annuario Pontificio Saint Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Order of Carthusians, as painted by Nicolas Mignard A genealogical tree of the Order of the Immaculate Conception with the foundress, Saint Beatrice of Silva, and other remarkable Conceptionist nuns Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata was the foundress of the Order ...

  7. Priesthood in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine is interpreted in various ways by different Protestant denominations, with some dropping apostolic succession and holy orders as a sacrament, as per example the Church of Norway and Denmark who keep their respective Monarchs as Pontifexes, sovereign heads of the church-hierarchy. There are different requirements for the performance ...

  8. List of religious titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    The Patriarch of Antioch is one of the successors of Saint Peter, one of the Apostle of Jesus Christ. The Patriarch of Jerusalem is successor of Saint James the Just, one of Apostles of Jesus Christ. Archbishop of an independent Church The Most Reverend Archbishop [insert name] of [place], Archbishop John, His Beatitude, Your Beatitude.

  9. List of current cardinals - Wikipedia

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    Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church who are titular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, thereby serving as the primary advisors to the Bishop of Rome. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals ...