| Question Title | Posted By | Question Date |
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| Former Bishop | Burnadette | Sunday, August 15, 2004 |
Question: What is the proper title to address a bishop who has resigned his position as bishop? Do you still call him bishop or do you just call him father? |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Burnadette, One does not "resign" from Holy Orders or "retire" from Holy Orders. Properly address him as "your excellency". I really don't like the practice of addressing a bishop as "bishop". After all you don't call a priest "priest" rather you would say Father. My opinion. Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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