deacon
ministry in the Christian Church
permanent deacon
Roman Catholic deacons
Catholic deacon
in the Catholic Church, minister of an order immediately inferior to the priest, with functions of assistance in the exercise of worship and works of charity; His insignia are the crossed stole and the dalmatic
archdeacon
senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Chaldean Catholic, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop