Priestly headgear

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What are the names of the various items clergy wear on their heads and who wears what and when and what color?
 
Most priests used to wear the black biretta hat, but nobody uses them anymore. Did they sell them all on E-bay or what?

Bishops wear a miter.
 
A priest might also wear a zuchetto (the skull cap that you see the pope wearing). Priests and bishops are entitled to a gallero (a big, fancy hat - like Fr. Guido Sarducci wore) with long tassels. Occasionally, you do see a priest or bishop wearing a biretta.

Priests wear black hats. Bishops wear various shades of red from something more like a purple to scarlet. I forget what color monsignors wear. Pope wears white.

Mitres can be various colors, similar to regular Mass vestments.
 
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