Pope John Paul I dispensed with the 1000-year-old tradition of a papal coronation and the wearing of a papal tiara, deciding not to take advantage of the mention of a coronation in Pope Paul VI's 1975 Apostolic Constitution Romano Pontifici Eligendo, then in force: " Finally, the Pontiff will be crowned by the Cardinal Protodeacon and, within an appropriate time, will take possession of the Patriarchal Archbasilica of the Lateran, in accordance with the prescribed ritual.

The senior Cardinal Deacon, or Cardinal Protodeacon, then appears on the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica to proclaim the new Pope, informing the world of the man elected Pope, and under which name he would be known during his reign.

In such an event the announcement is made by the next senior Deacon, who has thus succeeded as Protodeacon.

Medina was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave, and, following the conclusion of the conclave, as Cardinal Protodeacon ( the senior-most cardinal deacon ), he had the honor of announcing to the world the election of Pope Benedict XVI with the famous Habemus Papam formula ; as protodeacon, Cardinal Medina also imposed the petrine pallium on Pope Benedict XVI.

In the Archieratikon ( Slavonic: Chinovnik ), the liturgical book containing the services as celebrated by a bishop, the term Protodeacon is used to refer to the senior-ranking deacon who is serving, regardless of whether or not he has actually had that rank bestowed upon him.

He became Protodeacon of the Sacred College in November 1277 and as such, he crowned Popes Nicholas III on 26 December 1277 and Martin IV on 23 March 1281.

* Landolfo Maramaldo ( December 21, 1381 ) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere Tulliano ; Protodeacon of the Sacred College of Cardinals ; legate in Perugia

* Amadeo Saluzzo ( December 23, 1383 ) – Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Nuova ; Protodeacon and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals

Jean-Louis Tauran | Cardinal Tauran, current Cardinal Protodeacon.

Due to the enduring Roman Question, after the announcement of his election by the Cardinal Protodeacon the new Pope, following in the footsteps of his two predecessors, did not appear at the balcony of St. Peter's basilica to grant the urbi et orbi blessing.

The Chairman of the Trustees is Protodeacon Peter Scorer.

The Nativity of Christ is a three-day celebration: the formal title of the first day is " The Nativity According to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ ", and celebrates not only the Nativity of Jesus, but also the Adoration of the Shepherds of Bethlehem and the arrival of the Maji ; the second day is referred to as the " Synaxis of the Theotokos ", and commemorates the role of the Virgin Mary in the Incarnation ; the third day is known as the " Third Day of the Nativity ", and is also the feast day of the Protodeacon and Protomartyr Saint Stephen.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Philip is counted among the Seventy Apostles, and is referred to as a Protodeacon ; his feast day is celebrated on June 6.

Titu Maiorescu continued primary school between 1848 and 1850 at Protodeacon Iosif Barac's School.

It has happened in the past that the Cardinal Protodeacon has himself been the person elected pope.

During the election of Pope Leo XIII in 1878 Protodeacon Prospero Caterini was physically incapable of completing the announcement, so another made it for him.

When a bishop is vesting before the Divine Liturgy the prayer above is read by the Protodeacon, as the subdeacons place the vestment upon him.

Ranking above Hierodeacon is an Archdeacon or Protodeacon.

He became Protodeacon, or the senior Cardinal-Deacon, on 23 February 2007, and later participated in the May 2007 general conference of the Latin American Episcopal Conference, also attended by Pope Benedict, in Brazil.

He was Cardinal Protodeacon until February 23, 2007, and is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

Following the elevation of Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos to the rank of Cardinal-Priest on 1 March 2008, Cacciavillan, as the longest serving Cardinal-Deacon ( in order of appointment to the College of Cardinals ), became Cardinal Protodeacon, whose special privilege it is to make the Habemus Papam announcement upon the conclusion of a papal conclave.

He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003 and is the current Cardinal Protodeacon.

He was also the Protodeacon ( senior Cardinal-Deacon ) during the conclave, and as such, he had the honour of announcing Montini's election and crowning him on 30 June with the triregnum.

") is the announcement given in Latin by the Cardinal Protodeacon, the senior Cardinal Deacon, upon the election of a new pope.

The case of " beauty " is different from mere " agreeableness " because, " If he proclaims something to be beautiful, then he requires the same liking from others ; he then judges not just for himself but for everyone, and speaks of beauty as if it were a property of things.

* 1798 – Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on February 15 and then on February 20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner.

The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor

Olaf then proclaims that Brusi and Thorfinn will each have 1 / 3 of the islands in fee, and Einar's share will stay in Olaf's possession.

The priest may read a short passage from the Bible that proclaims God's mercy and calls man to conversion, and then the penitent confesses his sins, helped if necessary by the priest, after which the priest gives him counsel for his life and proposes an act of penance, which the penitent accepts to make satisfaction for sin and to amend his life.

The giant proclaims this to be the " Sword of the Sun ," promising also that when the sword has been reforged, he will come to Hols, who will then be called " Prince of the Sun ".

Ginger proclaims that their intent is to fatten them up, and then kill them, only for Rocky to drag her off.

He then proclaims to the people of Rylos that once Galan ( Rylos's moon ) is in full eclipse, the Ko-Dan Armada will begin their invasion and not even the Starfighters will be able to save them.

The list is then forwarded to the President of the Philippines, who, by Presidential Proclamation, proclaims the final nominees as members of the Order of National Artists.

" His companion then proclaims himself as the single lion that Shasta has encountered in his travels:

Merlin then proclaims him to be their king.

A chantry was constructed in the year 1400 by the Byrons — the then Lords of the Manor — and a chapel for the wider community in 1496 ; A document dated 20 March 1496, during the reign of Henry VII, proclaims that open land by the River Beal would be the site of the new chapel.

* In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, the rogue Autolycus tells the shepherd and his son that because Perdita has fallen in love with the prince, her adoptive father will be stoned, while her adoptive brother will be subjected to the following punishment: " He has a son ,— who shall be flayed alive ; then ' nointed over with honey, set on the head of a wasp's nest ; then stand till he be three quarters and a dram dead ; then recovered again with aqua-vitae or some other hot infusion ; then, raw as he is, and in the hottest day prognostication proclaims, shall he be set against a brick wall, the sun looking with a southward eye upon him ,— where he is to behold him with flies blown to death.

" He then offers her a Polo mint, which the Queen proclaims to be " the tastiest thing in the history of the world ".

" If then the gospel is good tidings because it proclaims blessings that are given to, secured for, and wrought in the souls of all interested in them, independent of creature merit, creature wisdom, creature seeking, creature asking, or creature diligence ; then that gospel which gives an opposite view of these things is not good tidings.

Agate proclaims that if " we're reds because we wanna strike, then we take over their salute too!

Honor then proclaims to the assembled media that Summervale was hired to kill Paul Tankersley and herself by Pavel Young.

He then proclaims, " Not that one, that's my piano playing finger!

In February, 2003, Reebok released a commercial featuring Tate that parodies a Nike, Inc. commercial ; in the original a streaker disrupts a British football match ; in the Reebok ad, Tate tackles the streaker then proclaims, " You just did it, so I had to hit it ".