Talk:Ordinary (church officer)

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)

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)

Move discussion in progress
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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)

"Church officer" listed at Redirects for discussion
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