id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005196859 Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978: Paul VI) Pontificalis Romani (18 June 1968) English. Approval of a new rite for the ordination of deacons, priests and bishops : apostolic constitution 1968 .txt text/plain 1803 47 45 Among the other documents of the Supreme Magisterium pertaining to sacred Orders, we consider one worthy of particu- lar mention, namely, the apostolic constitution Sacramentum Ordinis published by our predecessor, Pius XII, on November 30, 5 1947. 2 Among the rites of ordinations the first to be considered are those which constitute the hierarchy through the sacrament of Order, conferred in several grades: Thus the divinely instituted ministry of the Church is exercised in various orders by those who already in antiquity are called bishops, presbyters, and deacons.” cache/_005196859.txt txt/_005196859.txt