The order in the Catholic Church

[EyezOFire]

I was just curious the order of the Catholic Church- From Top to bottom how would the order go and where does one start on the ladder. If there is a ladder... What are the functions of each role (Bishop, Cardinal, Priest)etc..

Thanks for you posts

 

[NiteClerk]

I was just curious the order of the Catholic Church- From Top to bottom how would the order go and where does one start on the ladder. If there is a ladder... What are the functions of each role (Bishop, Cardinal, Priest)etc..

* Bump *

Bumping this up so someone on the weekday crowd might answer.

I've always thought of it as ...

God - the big boss.
Pope - Interprets and reveals Gods orders here on Earth. Leader of the Earthly church.
Cardinals - A great Saint Louis baseball team.
Bishop - In charge of the local parishes and priests. Meets with the Pope every 5 years.
Archbishop. A Bishop in charge of a large urban area. Such as Archbishop Burke. (Rocks.)
Priests - Responsible for the day to day spiritual and earthly matters of the parish.


Hopefully more knowledgeable people will flesh this out.

Bob

 

[nyj]

In regards to order, I think it necessary to point out that one of the titles of Pope is "Servant to the Servants of God".

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

Thank you to infoplease.com

Pope: Head of the church, he is based at the Vatican. The pope is infallible in defining matters of faith and morals.
Cardinal: Appointed by the pope, 178 cardinals worldwide, including 13 in the U.S., make up the College of Cardinals. As a body, it advises the pope and, on his death, elects a new pope.
Archbishop: An archbishop is a bishop of a main or metropolitan diocese, also called an archdiocese. A cardinal can concurrently hold the title. The U.S. has 45 archbishops.
Bishop: A bishop, like a priest, is ordained to this station. He is a teacher of church doctrine, a priest of sacred worship, and a minister of church government. The U.S. has 290 active bishops, 194 head dioceses.
Priest: An ordained minister who can administer most of the sacraments, including the Eucharist, baptism, and marriage. He can be with a particular religious order or committed to serving a congregation.
Deacon: A transitional deacon is a seminarian studying for the priesthood. A permanent deacon can be married and assists a priest by performing some of the sacraments.

 

[NiteClerk]

Thanks for the listing. Much better than mine. Which is why I bumped this.

Bob

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

Thanks for the listing. Much better than mine. Which is why I bumped this.

Bob

You are very welcome!!

 

[a_ntv]

I was just curious the order of the Catholic Church- From Top to bottom how would the order go and where does one start on the ladder. If there is a ladder... What are the functions of each role (Bishop, Cardinal, Priest)etc..

Thanks for you posts

My post to clear some typical misunderstood about CC:

which order?

The more important order is the order of sanctity: it depends only on people, not from their role in the Church: Mary (who was not even a deacon) is the first between the saints. Martyrs are second after Her, and so on..... there are probably many popes in the hell...

An other order is the sacramental one:
Ordained people are divided in:
- bishops: all ugual for ordination, they can be auxiliary bishops, diocesan bishops, archibishops, popes: they are all ugual for this important aspects
- priests (= helpers of bishops)
- deacons
Then there are the 'religious' people, monks and nuns
Then the lay people

The less important order is the one of jurisdiction (=who appoints and guides who): here there is the standard order already listed: Pope, Cardinals, Bishops ,Archbishop, Priests and Deacon, and so on: but that is not very interesting.


Each caholic ld know at least who is his bishop and who is the pope.


And above all, is Christ

 

[lonnienord]

first you have the lay person without her and him there is no church

but lets see; this might work better:

First there is JESUS. when HE established the church HE choose Peter to be its head - the first pope; then HE ordained his diciples to be bishops. Later HE added Paul as a bishop. The Bishops got overwelmned and choose decons. Paul ordained Timothy as a priest first then later as a Bishop.

but they are all there to serve JESUS and us (HIS Bride)