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Today on Questions with Father, we look at the role of a bishop in the Catholic Church. What makes a bishop different from a priest? What is the distinction between the power of orders and the power of jurisdiction? And why does that distinction matter when Catholics hear about episcopal consecrations, apostolic succession, and the continuation of the priesthood? Fr. William MacGillivray walks us through the Church’s teaching, drawing from canon law, the Council of Trent, Vatican I, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the traditional theology of the episcopacy. Along the way, we’ll see why bishops possess a unique power of sanctifying, especially through confirmation, ordination, and the transmission of holy orders.

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