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To: Tax-chick
Here's the short course in Episcopal titles:

A Reverend is just an ordinary priest.

A Right Reverend is a bishop.

A Very Reverend is the Dean of a cathedral or seminary.

The Reverend Canon is a Canon (associate priest) of a Cathedral.

After we crossed the Tiber, I called the archbishop "Your Grace" without thinking . . . which is correct for both Anglican and Catholic archbishops in Britain . . . but not in the U.S. (he is apparently "Your Excellency" here . . . cardinals are "Your Eminence" everywhere. One of my dad's friends who is a judge addresses other judges as "Your Eminence" . . . just a personal quirk.)

5 posted on 02/25/2006 6:18:55 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks. I take the low road and call all of them "Sir."


10 posted on 02/25/2006 11:18:55 AM PST by Tax-chick (My remark was stupid, and I'm a slave of the patriarchy. So?)
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