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The candidate then typically serves as an assistant curate and may later be ordained as a priest at the discretion of the bishop.

Other deacons may choose to remain in this order.

Anglican deacons can preach sermons, perform baptisms and conduct funerals, but, unlike priests, cannot celebrate the Eucharist.

In most branches of the Anglican church, women can be ordained as priests, and in some of them, can also be ordained bishops.