The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, hierarchy strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Ch
Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia since 2011
A cardinal (second from right) and bishops
Archbishop Robert Carlson, Metropolitan Archbishop of St. Louis (2009–2020). He is wearing the pallium.
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A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions.
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
…The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, hierarchy strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity…
Saint Stephen, one of the first seven deacons in the Christian Church, holding a Gospel Book in a 1601 painting by Giacomo Cavedone.
Ornately embroidered dalmatic, the proper vestment of the deacon, shown from the back with an appareled amice.
A Catholic deacon wearing his dalmatic and biretta.
Greek Orthodox deacon in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, wearing an orarion over his sticharion. On his head he wears the clerical kamilavka.