Talk:Ordinary (church officer)

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Counfusing language

The following sentence is really confusing:

There are other clerics who are also ordinaries (Latin Church) or hierarchs (Eastern Churches), but are not local ordinaries (Latin Church) or local hierarchs (Eastern Churches):

I don't have the slightest idea what the author is trying to communicate. Can someone clean this up a litte? Please? MishaPan (talk) 18:13, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article "An Orthodox bishop's authority comes from his election and consecration",

Who elects him? The priests of the Bishopric ? The synod of bishops? or?

Who consecrates him? The archbishop or the patriarch? What happens if he doesn't like the choice of the electors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.38.239.72 (talk) 18:11, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-ordinaries

It might be helpful to give examples of people who exercise power in the church but are not ordinaries.Bill (talk) 23:03, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Church officer" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Church officer has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 11 § Church officer until a consensus is reached. Hildeoc (talk) 19:39, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]