The Anglican ministry is both the leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion. Ministry commonly refers to the office of ordained clergy: the threefold order of bishops, pries
Consecration of a new Bishop in the Church of England.
A number of Bishops gathered after the consecration of a new Bishop in the Church of England.
A priest in traditional Anglican choir dress.
A deacon vested in an alb with a stole over the left shoulder
A surplice is a liturgical vestment of Western Christianity. The surplice is in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton fabric, reaching to the knees, with wide or moderately wide sleeves.
Seminarian vested in a pleated Roman-style surplice with lace inserts, holding a thurible.
The Death of St. Bede, the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their cowls (original painting at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw).
Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, in choir dress. Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey.