<P> In the Christian churches , Holy Orders are ordained ministries such as bishop , priest or deacon . In the Roman Catholic ( Latin : sacri ordines ) , Eastern Catholic , Eastern Orthodox ( ιερωσύνη ( hierōsynē ) , ιεράτευμα ( hierateuma ) , Священство ( Svyashchenstvo ) ) , Oriental Orthodox , Anglican , Assyrian , Old Catholic , Independent Catholic and some Lutheran churches , holy orders is comprised is the three ministerial orders of bishop , priest and deacon , or the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders . Except for Lutherans and some Anglicans , these churches regard ordination as a sacrament ( the sacramentum ordinis ) . The Anglo - Catholic tradition within Anglicanism identifies more with the Roman Catholic position about the sacramental nature of ordination . </P>
<P> In the Christian churches , Holy Orders are ordained ministries such as bishop , priest or deacon . In the Roman Catholic ( Latin : sacri ordines ) , Eastern Catholic , Eastern Orthodox ( ιερωσύνη ( hierōsynē ) , ιεράτευμα ( hierateuma ) , Священство ( Svyashchenstvo ) ) , Oriental Orthodox , Anglican , Assyrian , Old Catholic , Independent Catholic and some Lutheran churches , holy orders is comprised is the three ministerial orders of bishop , priest and deacon , or the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders . Except for Lutherans and some Anglicans , these churches regard ordination as a sacrament ( the sacramentum ordinis ) . The Anglo - Catholic tradition within Anglicanism identifies more with the Roman Catholic position about the sacramental nature of ordination . </P>
who are the three ministers who receive holy orders
who are the three ministers who receive holy orders
bishop priest deacon
bishop priest deacon