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Clergy of the Church of England

A pyramid diagram illustrating the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, with levels from top to bottom: Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and Laypeople and Consecrated Religious, each with a brief description of their roles.

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deacon bishop chaplain vicar priest Nonjuror prelate wandering bishop archbishop suffragan bishop presbyter elder venerable acolyte reverend lector churchwarden sexton sacristan

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Eastern Orthodoxy: Clergy and laity

Key People

Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley

English clergyman and scientist

Rick Warren

Rick Warren

American pastor

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Alexander Crummell

American scholar and minister

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Ian Maclaren

Scottish author

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Bob Jones, Jr.

American clergyman and educator

Reverend Ike

Reverend Ike

American clergyman

Ferrar, engraving by P.W. Tomkins after a portrait by C. Johnson

Nicholas Ferrar

British minister

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Robert Barnes

English clergyman

Boucher, Jonathan

Jonathan Boucher

English clergyman

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David Calderwood

Scottish clergyman

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Robert Sandeman

Scottish minister

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John Bacon

American clergyman and legislator

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Saint Siricius

pope

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Victor II

pope

Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A

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