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the act by which the bishop as a representative of the Church confers an order on a candidate, giving the candidate the power to perform the duties of that order
a local Catholic faith community, with a priest pastor or pastoral administrator appointed by the bishop
service to others, derived from the Latin word for waiting at tables; generally designates service with a religious motivation
the principal diocese in a given region, headed by an archbishop
the sacrament of priestly ministry in the Church, conferred through the laying on of hands by a bishop
a collection of parishes in a certain geographical area, headed by a bishop
diocese (page 221)
archdiocese (page 221)
Holy Orders (page 223)
order (page 223)a rank or level in a priestly ministry; a word derived from the Latin ordo, which designated a military rank or government administrative level in the Roman Empire
from the Greek word for supervisor or overseer; the third of the three ministerial orders in the Church
one who has been ordained into the third of the three ministerial orders in the Church
religious education and spiritual formation
episcopate (page 223)
bishop (page 223)
catechetics (page 223)
celibacy (page 230)remaining deliberately unmarried for a purpose, such as service to others; in the Catholic Church, choosing to remain unmarried and not have sexual intercourse in order to be of greater service to God and the people of God