Day 143. What is the work of bishops? (2025)

Today is day 143 and we are studying The Sacrament of Ordination.

143. What is the work of bishops?

Bishops represent and serve Christ and the Church as chief pastors, catechists, and missionaries in the tradition of the apostles. They are to confirm and ordain, and to guard the faith, unity, and discipline of the Church. (Isaiah 61:1–11; John 20:19–23; 21:15–19; Acts 20:17–35; 1 Timothy 3:1–7; Titus 1:7–9; 1 Peter 5:1–5; Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to Polycarp 1.2–2.2)

We will conclude today with the Prayer for the Ordination of a Bishop on page 500 of the Book of Common Prayer (2019).

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