{"id":10046,"date":"2026-01-27T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/?page_id=10046"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:05:08","slug":"holy-orders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/holy-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Holy Orders<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Holy Orders is the sacrament in which a bishop confers on a baptized man the grace of the Holy Spirit and sacred power for the service of the faithful. It can be administered in three forms: deacon, priest and bishop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laying on of hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer of consecration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deacon: 1 Timothy 3:8a-9, 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priest: Acts 14:23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop: Titus 1:7a-8, 9a<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What the Church teaches\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Sacrament in which a bishop ordains a man to be conformed to Jesus Christ by grace, to service and leadership in the Church. A man can be ordained a deacon, priest, or bishop. Through this Sacrament, the mission entrusted by Christ to his Apostles continues to be exercised in the Church. This Sacrament confers a permanent mark or character on the one who receives it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-United State Catholic Catechism for Adults<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vocations in the Diocese of Covington<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Please visit the website for the Office of Vocations<\/a> in the Diocese of Covington for more information about discerning a vocation to the priesthood. You can also contact Fr. Conor Kunath, Director of Priestly Vocations for the Diocese directly at 859-392-1566 or by email at CKunath@covdio.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holy Orders Holy Orders is the sacrament in which a bishop confers on a baptized man the grace of the Holy Spirit and sacred power for the service of the faithful. It can be administered in three forms: deacon, priest and bishop. Laying on of hands Prayer of consecration Deacon:...","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10046","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10046"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10100,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10046\/revisions\/10100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephcoldspring.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}