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Clerics of All Grades |
Formal Style |
The Reverend Don Full Name
N.b. Priests of religous orders use Father (or Pater in Latin)
instead of Don. |
Reverendus Dominus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Rev. D.nus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Rev. Dom. Nomen et Cognomen |
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Nota bene: Priests with
doctorates may use the
style of "Doctor" or "Dr."
after "The Reverend,"
in formal style and
envelope addresses,
but it is not appropriate
in written or spoken
forms of address. This
applies to all clerics.
N.b. All priests sign their name
with a single cross, i.e., + after
the name.
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Envelope Address |
The Reverend Don Full Name
or
Rev. Don. Full Name |
Reverendus Dominus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Rev. D.nus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Rev. Dom. Nomen et Cognomen |
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Written Form of Address |
Reverend Sir |
Reverende Domine |
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Written Address (informal) |
Don First Name |
Dom Cognomen |
|
Spoken Form of Address |
Reverend Sir or Don
First Name at the first instance; and
then Sir or, in the case of a priest, secular or religious,
"Father" may be used thereafter. |
Reverende Domine in primo, deinde Domine |
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Spoken Address (informal) |
Don |
Domine |
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Reverence of Office
(for priests only) |
Stand when he enters the room and remain standing until he invites
you to sit. Men must remove their hats in his presence. You may ask
for and receive a blessing, in which case you should kneel on the
left knee unless kneeling would be awkward or impossible. Repeat
reverential gestures when leaving his presence. |
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Deans and Canons of the Patriarchal Chapter |
Formal Style |
His Excellency the Very Reverend Monsignor Full Name
or
H.E. Very Rev. Msgr. Full Name
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Excellentissimus ac Admodus Reverendus (Dominus) Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Exc.mus Adm. Rev. (Dom.) Nomen et Cognomen |
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Envelope Address |
His Excellency the Very Reverend Monsignor Full Name
or
H.E. Very Rev. Msgr. Full Name |
Excellentissimus ac Admodus Reverendus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Exc.mus Adm. Rev. Nomen et Cognomen |
|
Written Form of Address |
Your Excellency
or
Very Reverend Monsignor |
Adm. Reverende Domine |
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Written Address (informal) |
Dean Surname |
Decane |
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Spoken Form of Address |
Your Exellency or Monsignor or Monsignor Surname at
the first instance; and then Monsignor or Excellency may be used thereafter. |
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Spoken Address (informal) |
Monsignor |
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Reverence of Office |
Stand when he enters the room and remain standing until he invites
you to sit. Men must remove their hats in his presence. You may ask
for and receive a blessing, in which case you should kneel on the
left knee unless kneeling would be awkward or impossible. Repeat
reverential gestures when leaving his presence. |
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First Archdeacon
of the Apostolic See |
Formal Style |
His Excellency the Very Reverend and Venerable Monsignor Full Name
or
H.E. Very Rev. and Ven. Msgr. Full Name
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Excellentissimus ac
Admodus Reverendus et Venerabilis Dominus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Exc.mus Adm. Rev. et Ven. Dom. Nomen et Cognomen |
|
Envelope Address |
The Very Reverend and Venerable Monsignor Full Name
or
The Very Rev. and Ven. Msgr. Full Name
or, should space be a concern,
The Very Rev. Msgr. Full Name |
Excellentissimus ac
Admodus Reverendus et Venerabilis Dominus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Exc.mus Adm. Rev. et Ven. Dom. Nomen et Cognomen |
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Written Form of Address |
Your Excellency or
Very Reverend and Venerable Monsignor
or
Very Reverend and Venerable Lord |
Excellentissime Domine |
|
Written Address (informal) |
Archdeacon
or
Monsignor |
Archidiacone |
|
Spoken Form of Address |
Your Excellency or Monsignor Surname
at the first instance; and then "Monsignor" or Excellency may be used thereafter. |
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Spoken Address (informal) |
Monsignor |
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|
Reverence of Office |
Stand when he enters the room and remain standing until he invites
you to sit. Men must remove their hats in his presence. You may ask
for and receive a blessing, in which case you should kneel on the
left knee unless kneeling would be awkward or impossible. Repeat
reverential gestures when leaving his presence. |
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Bishop Note that Capitular Bishops and Capitular Archbishops of the Patriarchal Chapter use "Excellency" instead of "Grace." |
Formal Style |
His Grace the Right Reverend Full Name
or
H.G. the Rt. Rev. Full Name
(N.b. This may be written in less formal circumstances without H.G.)
or
His Grace (or H.G.) Bishop Full Name |
Excellentissimus ac Reverendissimus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Ex.mus ac Rev.mus Nomen et Cognomen |
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N.b. After the style of a
Bishop as given, their
specific title as Ordinary
or Suffragan may be
appended following
their name. |
Envelope Address |
His Grace the Right Reverend Full Name
or
H.G. the Rt. Rev. Full Name |
Excellentissimus ac Reverendissimus Nomen et Cognomen
vel
Ex.mus ac Rev.mus Nomen et Cognomen |
|
Written Form of Address |
Your Grace
or
Right Reverend Father
or
Right Reverend Lord
or (most formal)
Your Right Reverend Grace |
Excellentissime Pater
vel
Excellentissime Domine |
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Written Address (informal) |
Bishop or Monsignor |
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N.b. All bishops sign their
names with a single cross,
i.e., +, before their name.
Archbishops may alternatively use a double patriarchal cross,
i.e., ‡, but should not use two single crosses, i.e., ++. |
Spoken Form of Address |
Your Grace
or (most formal)
Your Right Reverend Grace |
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Spoken Address (informal) |
Bishop Surname
or
Bishop or Monsignor |
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Conclusion of correspondence |
Kissing the Sacred Ring, I have the honor to remain Your Grace's most
humble servant, |
Sacrum anulum osculatus, E.V. servus obligatus, |
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Reverence of Office |
Stand when he enters the room and remain standing until he invites
you to sit. Men must remove their hats in his presence. Kneel on your
left knee and kiss ring as sign of respect for his office. You may
ask for and receive a blessing. If kneeling would be awkward or
impossible, bow at the waist and kiss his ring. Repeat reverential
gestures when leaving his presence. |
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Metropolitan or
Titular Archbishop |
The styles for an Archbishop are the same as those given above for a
Bishop, except that "Bishop" is replaced with
"Archbishop," and "the Right Reverend" is
replaced with "the Most Reverend," abbreviated "the
Most Rev." Provincial Archbishops may append the title of their
See after their name, e.g. "Archbishop of...." Titular
Archbishops of the rank only may append "Archbishop" after
the name, provided it has not been written before the name. The
reverences of office are also the same as for a Bishop. |
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The Governor-General and Arch-Chancellor of the Apostolic See, and the Elector of Würzburg |
The styles for the Governor-General and the Arch-Chancellor, as
Principal Electors, are the same as for the Cardinals as given
below, except that "Cardinal" is not used. The full style is His Eminence and Imperial and Royal Highness, abbreviated H.Em.&.I.R.H. The form of
reverence is as given for a Metropolitan Archbishop. The style of
"Don" is placed before their Christian names. |
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Cardinals |
Identical
to a bishop above, except that" Excellency" is replaced
with "Eminence." The title of "Cardinal" is
inserted before the surname most formally, but less formally may be
placed before the name. Cardinals may also be addressed as Monsignor Cardinal.
The
form of reverence is:
Kissing
the Sacred Purple, I have the honour to remain Your Eminence's most
humble and devoted servant,
Or
in Latin:
Sacram
purpuram osculatus, E.V. servus dev.mus et obligatus, |
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Anglo-Roman Papa |
Formal Style |
His Holiness and Eminence Archfather Papa Pontifical Name
or
His Holiness and Eminence Archfather Pontifical Name
or
His Holiness and Eminence Papa Pontifical Name
(The abbreviation H.H.E. may be used. Papa is always in its Latin
form and may be abbreviated "pp.") |
Eminentissimus ac Beatissimus Papa Nomen |
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N.b. The Archfather signs
his name without the cross before it. He uses his Pontifical name
followed by "Pp." and the dynastic numeral, or initial only.
|
Envelope Address |
His Holiness and Eminence Papa Pontifical Name
or
H.H.E. Papa Pontifical Name |
Eminentissimus ac Beatissimus Papa Nomen
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Written Form of Address |
Your Holiness and Eminence (Most formal.)
or
Your Holiness |
Eminentissime ac Beatissime Papa |
|
Spoken Form of Address |
Your Holiness,
or (most formal)
Your Holiness and Eminence |
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Spoken Address (informal) |
Archfather, or Holy Father, or Papa Pontifical Name, or Archfather Pontifical Name |
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Conclusion of correspondence |
Kissing the Sacred Foot, I have the honor to remain Your Holiness and
Eminence's most humble and devoted servant,
(and in the above, it may be shortened to "Your Holiness's"). |
Pedum sacrum toccato, S.E.V. servus dev.mus et obligatus, |
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Reverence of Office |
Kneel on
the left knee and kiss the ring as a sign of respect for the office.
If kneeling cannot be done, then bow. You may ask for and receive a
blessing. Stand when he enters the room and remain standing until he
invites you to sit. Men must remove their hats in his presence.
Repeat reverential gestures when leaving his presence. When
enthroned, the most full reverence by tradition is to kneel on the
left knee and kiss the right foot. |
