Once chosen, he must request blessing: the blessing of an abbot is celebrated by the bishop in whose diocese the monastery is or, with his permission, another abbot or bishop.

The ceremony of such a blessing is similar in some aspects to the consecration of a bishop, with the new abbot being presented with the mitre, the ring, and the crosier as symbols of office and receiving the laying on of hands and blessing from the celebrant.

The abbey is a species of " exempt religious " in that it is, for the most part, answerable to the Pope, or to the abbot primate, rather than to the local bishop.

Additionally, at the enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury, there is a threefold enthronement, once in the throne the chancel as the diocesan bishop of Canterbury, once in the Chair of St. Augustine as the Primate of All England, and then once in the chapter-house as Titular Abbot of Canterbury.

Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission.

A new settlement close to Amathus but further inland, Agios Tychonas, is named after the bishop Saint Tychon of Amathus.

There is scarcely anything to be said for the possibility of Ambrose having written the book before he became a bishop, and added to it in later years, incorporating remarks of Hilary of Poitiers on Romans.

Related to the argument from morality is the argument from conscience, associated with eighteenth-century bishop Joseph Butler and nineteenth-century cardinal John Henry Newman.

# One bishop succeeding another in the same see meant that there was a continuity of teaching: " while the Church as a whole is the vessel into which the truth is poured, the Bishops are an important organ is carrying out this task ".

The Porvoo Common Statement ( 1996 ), agreed to by the Anglican churches of the British Isles and most of the Lutheran churches of Scandinavia and the Baltic, also stated that " the continuity signified in the consecration of a bishop to episcopal ministry cannot be divorced from the continuity of life and witness of the diocese to which he is called.

Jay comments that this is sometimes seen as an early reference to the idea of the transmission of grace through the apostolic succession which in later centuries was understood as being specifically transmitted through the laying on of hands by a bishop within the apostolic succession ( the " pipeline theory ").

It is " one of four elements which define the true Church of Jesus Christ " and legitimizes the ministry of its clergy, as only a bishop within the succession can perform legitimate or " valid " ordinations.

Protestants have objected that this theory is not explicitly found in Scripture and the New Testament uses ' bishop ' and ' presbyter ' as alternative names for the same office.

Church, Ministry and Sacraments in the New Testament Paternoster Press: 1993, p. 92f </ ref > Moving on to Ignatius of Antioch, Barrett states that here we find a sharp distinction between ' presbyter ' and ' bishop ': the latter now stands out as " an isolated figure " who is to be obeyed and without whom it is not lawful to baptise or hold a love-feast .< Barrett, C. K.

Church, Ministry and Sacraments in the New Testament Paternoster Press: 1993, p. 94f </ ref > He also points out that when Ignatius writes to the Romans, there is no mention of a bishop of the Roman Church, " which we may suppose had not not yet adopted the monarchical episcopate.

A bishop with jurisdiction — usually the bishop of the place where the candidate died or is buried, although another ordinary can be given this authority — gives permission to open an investigation into the virtues of the individual, responding to a petition by members of the faithful, either actually or pro forma.

If a bishop, especially one acting as an ordinary – a head of a diocese or archdiocese – is to be ordained, three bishops must usually co-consecrate him with one bishop, usually an archbishop or the bishop of the place, being the chief consecrating prelate.

The apostolic constitution Spirituali militum curae of 21 April 1986 raised their status, declaring that the bishop who heads one of them is an " ordinary ", holding authority by virtue of his office, and not by delegation from another person in authority.

In addition the council decreed that to hear confessions monks must have permission of their ordinary, or bishop, as well as their superior.

Episcopal sees are generally arranged in groups in which the bishop who is the ordinary of one of them has certain powers and duties of oversight over the other sees.

At Mass, the deacon is the ordinary minister of the proclamation of the Gospel ( in fact, a priest, bishop, or even the Pope should not proclaim the Gospel if a deacon is present )< ref >

In other words, groups of Anglicans may apply for reception by the Holy See at any time and enter into what are termed " Anglican ordinariates " i. e. regional groupings of Anglican Catholics which come under the jurisdiction of an " ordinary ", i. e. a bishop or priest appointed by Rome to oversee the community, which, while being in a country or region which is part of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, retains aspects of the Anglican patrimony, e. g. married priests, traditional English choral music and liturgy.

Presbyter ( Greek πρεσβύτερος, presbuteros: " elder ", or " priest " in Christian usage ) in the New Testament refers to a leader in local Christian congregations, then often not clearly distinguished from episkopos, presbyter referring to ordinary priests or elders and episkopos referring exclusively to the full order or office of bishop.

The main difference between a pontifical and an ordinary High Mass is that the bishop remains at his throne almost all the time until the offertory.

* In parish Masses, where there is a stable group of laypeople who adhere to the earlier liturgical tradition, the parish priest should willingly accept their requests to be allowed to celebrate the Mass according to the 1962 Missal, and should ensure that their welfare harmonises with the ordinary pastoral care of the parish, under the guidance of the bishop in accordance with canon 392 of the Code of Canon Law, avoiding discord and favouring the unity of the Church.

Much of the work of the Conference is done in committees which cover issues such as laity, liturgy, family, social justice, with each committee having a chairman who is a bishop, though not always an ordinary.

The Council of Trent ( 1545 – 1563 ) introduced more specific requirements, ruling that in the future a marriage would be valid only if witnessed by the pastor of the parish or the local ordinary ( i. e., the bishop of the diocese ), or by the delegate of one of said witnesses, the marriage being invalid otherwise, even if witnessed by a Roman Catholic priest.

In the Latin-Rite ( i. e., Western ) Catholic Church, the sacrament is customarily conferred only on persons old enough to understand it, and the ordinary minister of confirmation is a bishop.

In 1872, Corrigan succeeded James Roosevelt Bayley as bishop of Newark, becoming the second ordinary of the diocese.

Crimen sollicitationis repeated that, under pain of grave sin, any ordinary ( bishop or equivalent ) who received a denununciation of the crime of solicitation was to inform immediately the Holy See and the ordinary of the place of residence of the accused priest.

The ministries are conferred by the ordinary: either a bishop or, in the case of clerical religious institutes, a major superior.

In the Latin-Rite ( i. e., Western ) Catholic Church, the sacrament is customarily conferred only on persons old enough to understand it, and the ordinary minister of Confirmation is a bishop.

The prelate is a bishop or a presbyter nominated by the Pope and governs the prelature with ordinary power.

Conferral of the minor orders or ministries is by the ordinary: either a diocesan bishop or someone who is equivalent in law to a diocesan bishop or, in the case of clerical religious institutes and societies of apostolic life, a major superior.

; Honorary Assistant bishop, Assisting Bishop, or Bishop Emeritus: These titles are usually applied to retired bishops who are given a general licence to minister as episcopal pastors under a diocesan's oversight.

The consecrated bishop is the only minister of Holy Orders.

As with most Mormon priesthood, the bishop is a part-time lay minister and earns a living through other employment ; in all cases, he is a married man.

In the Church of Scotland, which has a Presbyterian church structure, the word " bishop " refers to an ordained person, usually a normal parish minister, who has temporary oversight of a trainee minister.

The influence of the grateful new queen being actively exerted on Alberoni's behalf — the princesse des Ursins having been chased out — within not much more than a year Alberoni was made a duke and grandee of Spain, a member of the king's council, appointed bishop of Málaga, and in 1715 prime minister, and was made cardinal by Pope Clement XI, under pressure from the court of Spain, in July 1717.

A bishop bestows faculties ( permission to minister within his diocese ) giving a priest chrism and an antimins ; he may withdraw faculties and demand the return of these items.

* 1792 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German theologian, minister, and bishop ( b. 1704 )

I, Ulfila, bishop and confessor, have always so believed, and in this, the one true faith, I make the journey to my Lord ; I believe in one God the Father, the only unbegotten and invisible, and in his only-begotten son, our Lord and God, the designer and maker of all creation, having none other like him ( so that one alone among all beings is God the Father, who is also the God of our God ); and in one Holy Spirit, the illuminating and sanctifying power, as Christ said after his resurrection to his apostles: " And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you ; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be clothed with power from on high " ( Luke 24: 49 ) and again " But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you " ( Acts 1: 8 ); being neither God ( the Father ) nor our God ( Christ ), but the minister of Christ ... subject and obedient in all things to the Son ; and the Son, subject and obedient in all things to God who is his Father ... ( whom ) he ordained in the Holy Spirit through his Christ.

In the Kingdom of Naples difficulties necessitating certain concessions in respect of feudal homage were raised by the liberal minister Tanucci, and more serious disagreements arose with Leopold II ( 1790 – 92 ), later emperor, and Scipione de ' Ricci, bishop of Pistoia and Prato, upon the questions of reform in Tuscany ; but Pius VI did not think fit to condemn the decrees of the synod of Pistoia ( 1786 ) till nearly eight years had elapsed.

If the danger of death is present or if, in the judgement of the diocesan bishop or conference of bishops, some other grave necessity urges it, Catholic ministers administer these same sacraments licitly also to other Christians not having full communion with the Catholic Church, who cannot approach a minister of their own community and who seek such on their own accord, provided that they manifest Catholic faith in respect to these sacraments and are properly disposed.

The Catholic position, according to Augustine, was ex opere operato — from the work having been worked ; in other words, that the validity of the sacrament depends upon the holiness of God, the minister being a mere instrument of God's work, so that any priest or bishop, even one in a state of mortal sin, who speaks the formula of the sacrament with valid matter and the intent of causing the sacrament to occur acts validly.

Titles in the Bajoran religion include a " Prylar " ( roughly equivalent to a Christian monk ), " Ranjen " ( a rank falling between Prylars and the next rank, and responsible for a variety of tasks ), " Mylar " ( priest or minister, mentioned in " Ties of Blood and Water "), " Vedek " ( cardinal, bishop ) and " Kai " ( equivalent to the pope in Roman Catholic theology or Patriarch in the Eastern Orthodox theology ).

In Eastern Catholic Churches, the usual minister of this sacrament is the parish priest, using olive oil consecrated by a bishop ( i. e., chrism ), and administering the sacrament immediately after baptism.

First, he accused his wife Richardis of having an affair with his chief minister and archchancellor, Liutward, bishop of Vercelli.

Following the retirement of Bishop David Thomas as Provincial Assistant Bishop in 2008, the Bench of Bishops decided that it would not continue to appoint a specific bishop to minister to those who cannot in conscience accept the ordination of women as priests.

Furthermore, in 1064 Emir Al-Muqtadir of Zaragoza sent Paternus, the Mozarabic bishop of Tortosa, as an envoy to king Ferdinand I of León in Santiago de Compostela, while the Christian Abu Umar ibn Gundislavus, a Saqaliba ( a Slav ), served the same taifa ruler as the Wazir ( Vizier, or the equivalent to prime minister ).

Those who do personally share Catholic belief in the Eucharist ( as the body and blood of the risen Christ, accompanied by his soul and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine ) are permitted to receive the sacrament when there is danger of death or, in the judgement of the diocesan bishop or of the episcopal conference, some other grave necessity urges it and on condition that " the person be unable to have recourse for the sacrament to a minister of his or her own Church or ecclesial Community, ask for the sacrament of his or her own initiative, manifest Catholic faith in the sacrament and be properly disposed ".

An ordained minister of the organization since 1957, Bishop McKnight was appointed assistant bishop in 1970.

The prime minister chooses from amongst a set of nominees proposed by the Crown Nominations Commission ; the sovereign then instructs the college of canons to elect the nominated individual as a bishop or archbishop.