Archdeacon
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An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some othe
Protodeacon Vladimir Nazarkin (left) and archdeacon Andrei Mazur of the Russian Orthodox Church during procession.
Archdeacon. Painting by Ilya Repin (1877)
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Bishop
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In Christianity, a bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. Bishops are normally responsible for the governanc
Archdeacon
…Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for…
Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, student of John the Apostle
A 6th-century image of Saint Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius
Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople was ordained (consecrated) as bishop at the age of 19
Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio, as cardinal at age 8