What can't a deacon do?

  • Thread starter Thread starter TennMark38016
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
T

TennMark38016

Guest
Deacons can perform all the duties of a priest except: 1., celebrate Mass and consecrate the bread and wine 2., hear confessions.

Is this all?
 
A deacon also cannot administer the anointing of the sick or confer confirmation. (A priest can confer confirmation if delegated by his bishop to do so.) Neither priests nor deacons can ordain. Only a bishop can confer ordination to deacons, priests, and bishops, although the bishop must have the permission of the pope to ordain a bishop.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top