Can non-Catholic clergy preach or be a (sub-)deacon at a Catholic Mass

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Provided a Catholic priest did a short homily, per canon law requirements, could a non-Catholic priest/minister do a short guest sermon, provided content was within Catholic teaching?

What about a non-Catholic providing diaconate or sub-diaconate services during the Mass?
 
Unless the Church recognized the orders of the non Catholic, they could not serve as deacon since they would still be considered laity. As to the sermon, I would not think after the homily the best place, but before or after Mass would be perfectly fine and probably positive.
 
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Provided a Catholic priest did a short homily, per canon law requirements, could a non-Catholic priest/minister do a short guest sermon, provided content was within Catholic teaching?
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Not sure whether it was appropriate, but I was at a Catholic Mass once where, when it came time for the homily, the Catholic priest gave a short introduction to the Protestant minister and the minister spoke about the three readings. As far as I know the content was within Catholic teaching.
 
In the OF, if as long as a clergyman gives a brief homily, essentially anyone else may be permitted to speak afterward within reason as long as it’s not a regular occurrence.
 
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a non-Catholic priest/minister do a short guest sermon, provided content was within Catholic teaching?
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Episcopalian:
What about a non-Catholic providing diaconate or sub-diaconate services during the Mass?
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What exactly is a “sub-diaconate”?
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The Order of the Subdiaconate has been suppressed in the Latin Church and no longer exists in the Ordinary Form of the Mass. However, the Sub-Deacon is still liturgical role in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, the Anglican Use of the Roman Rite, and the order still exists in the Eastern Catholic Rites.

Sub-deacon was considered the first of the “Major Orders” - the major orders being: sub-deacon, deacon, and priest (the Bishop being considered a priest for this description).

It was also the highest “ordination” before receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders for ordination to the Diaconate. The other orders were called the Minor Orders of Porter, Lector, Exorcist, and Acolyte.

A seminarian used to become a sub-deacon before of his second to last year in the seminary.

However, when Pope Paul VI suppressed the subdiaconate as an order in the Latin Church, he granted the Instituted Acolytes the ability to serve as a sub-deacon.

Therefore, today, when there are Solemn High Masses with with Deacons and Sub-Deacons in the Extraordinary Form, the role of the Sub-Deacon is either full filled by a priest, deacon, sub-deacon, or Instituted Acolyte.
 
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Strictly speaking, the answer is no to both questions.

Only a validly ordained man could serve as a deacon. Sub-deacon is a little more open to question since laymen can serve as a straw sub-deacon, but I believe that when asked if a laymen that was not in seminary could serve as a straw sub-deacon the Vatican responded 3 or 4 years ago that an instituted acolyte could serve. Since instituted acolytes must be fully initiated Catholics this would seem to preclude non-Catholics serving in those roles.

As for preaching, what is done and what is actually permitted are not always the same thing. It is permissible for others to speak after the homily is presented, but… it should not be about the scriptures. So you could have a member of the finance council give an update on a building appeal or a religious speak briefly about their congregation. Canon law is fairly clear that only ordained clergy are to preach the word of God during Mass and it very clearly defines preaching as explaining sacred scripture or Church teachings.
 
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