No.The bishop is the one who validly confers the Sacrament of Holy Orders. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:1576 Since the sacrament of Holy Orders is the sacrament of the apostolic...
Emeritus - (revision September 13, 2005) The Emeritus Deacon category was adopted in 1987 to honor those deacons who have given outstanding, meritorious, and loyal service to the church and to the...
Nope. The Catholic Church on this is pretty clear. Those who are unmarried and become deacons can not marry afterwards. Those who are already married and become deacons can not marry again should...
Yes, if you stay within the same diocese. A deacon is at the service of a Bishop and is ordained into Holy Orders by the Bishop of the diocese of which the ordained deacon is a member. The Bishop may...