251. Holy Orders confired upon the bishop, priest, and deacon.

YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 251

Ave Maria series

251  What are the degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders?

The sacrament of Holy Orders has three degrees:  Bishop (episcopate), priest (presbyterate),  and deacon (diaconate).  [1554, 1593]140

The bishop ordains each man by laying his hands on the candidate's head and praying silently as he invokes the Holy Spirit upon the new priest.…..251

THE THREE DEGREES OF THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS

1554  "The divinely instituted ecclesiastical ministry is exercised in different degrees by those who even from ancient times have been called bishops, priests, and deacons." (Lumen Gentium 28.)³²  Catholic doctrine, expressed in the liturgy, the Magisterium, and the constant practice of the Church, recognizes that there are two degrees of ministerial participation in the priesthood of Christ: the episcopacy and the presbyterate. The diaconate is intended to help and serve them. For this reason the term sacerdos in current usage denotes bishops and priests but not deacons. Yet Catholic doctrine teaches that the degrees of priestly participation (episcopate and presbyterate) and the degree of service (diaconate) are all three conferred by a sacramental act called "ordination," that is, by the sacrament of Holy Orders:–Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition

Let everyone revere the deacons as Jesus Christ, the bishop as the image of the Father, and the presbyters as the senate of God and the assembly of the apostles. For without them one cannot speak of the Church.(St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Trall. 3,1:Sources Chrẻtiennes 10,96.)³³  --CCC

IN BRIEF

1593  Since the beginning, the ordained ministry has been conferred and exercised in three degrees: that of bishops, that of presbyters, and that of deacons. The ministries conferred by ordination are irreplaceable for the organic structure of the Church: without the bishop, presbyters, and deacons, one cannot speak of the Church (compare St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Trall. 3,1). –CCC

Holy Orders  The bishop