Clergy
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Clergy are leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doc
14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso in 2007
Bishop Maurício Andrade, primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, gives a crosier to Bishop Saulo Barros.
Sir George Fleming, 2nd Baronet, British churchman.
Charles Wesley Leffingwell, Episcopal priest.
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
Clergy
…and roles of the clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, elders, priests, bishops, cardinals, preachers, pastors, presbyters, ministers, and the pope. In Islam, a religious leader is often formally or informally known as an imam…
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