Ordination

[ngoyaemjukuu]

which kind of oil do bishop use to anoint a new priest on the ordination day?

 

[peter26]

Chrism.

 

[Vico]

which kind of oil do bishop use to anoint a new priest on the ordination day?

Three holy oils are used by the Latin Church :

• the oil of the sick (blessed) - pure olive oil,
• the oil of the catechumens (blessed) - pure olive oil, and
• the holy chrism oil - olive oil mixed with balsam (annually consecrated by the bishop).

Holy chrism oil is part of the baptismal and confirmation rites, during the ordination of a priest, the consecration of a bishop, the consecration of a church, the blessing of an altar and the vessels used at Mass.