monsignors

Honored Catholic clergy

Monsignors is the plural of monsignor, an honorary title in the Roman Catholic Church for clergy who have been granted this distinction by the Pope.

The title ranks below bishop but above ordinary priests: Three monsignors attended the ceremony.

Abbreviated Msgr. or Mons.

clergy

parish

Local church community

dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
rectorParish clergy chief
pastorChristian congregation leader

prelate · vicar · chaplain · deacon · priest · ordination · pastoral · cleric · canon · vestments

vatican

Pope

Catholic Church's supreme leader

Holy SeePapal governing authority
curiaAdministrative assembly hall
papacyPope's office and authority

cardinal · bishop · archbishop · pontiff · apostolic · encyclical · nuncio · synod · conclave · Vatican City

honorific

title

Formal honorific or name

reverenceProfound admiring respect
respectRegard with honor
dignityInnate personal worth

prestige · address · veneration · deference · courtesy · formality · protocol · salutation · rank · distinction

Categories

Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
Catholic figurescardinals, archbishops, abbots, bishops, friars
Catholicsparishioners, parishioner, communicant, archbishops, lapsed Catholic

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clerical hierarchy

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Those lacking specialized knowledge

laity · parishioners · seminarians · altar servers · congregants

religious vs. secular status

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Those outside a profession

laymen · laywomen · non-believers · atheists · secularists

religious tradition

monsignorsrabbis

Ordained Jewish spiritual leaders

imams · Buddhist monks · mullahs · pastors · evangelical preachers

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