   MANY INQUIRIES have been received regarding the procedure for
   ordaining the Novitiate Priests, Novitiate Priestess, Priests, Novitiate
   Priestess, and  Exorcists. Here are the normal steps taken to ordain
   someone:   
   
   The Secretary of the E.G.C. Board is notified by a Bishop of the
   intended ordination. When the Secretary OK's the ordination, the Bishop
   performs the ordination. The Bishop then informs the Secretary of the
   E.G.C. of the date of the  ordination.   
   
   In cases of emergency, a fully ordained Priest (or Priestess) may
   ordain a Novitiate Priestess (or Priest) to serve for one Mass only.
   This provision allows for properly-sanctioned masses to be held when one
   member of the team of celebrants fails to show up for a scheduled mass.
   This provision, however, is only used in emergency situations and is not
   designed to replace normal ordinations.   
   
   Bishops are selected by the Patriarch and ordained by the Patriarch.   
   To summarize who can do what in the church:
   
   Priest/Priestess Baptize
   Priest/Priestess Emergency Ordinations for Novitiates
   
   Bishop Confirm
   Bishop Marry
   Bishop Bury
   Bishop Ordain Novitiate Priest/Priestess
   Bishop Ordain Priest/Priestess
   E.G.C. Board Land a Bishop
   Patriarch Consecrate Bishops   
   
   A Landed Bishop is assigned a specific area of responsibility. Not
   all bishops in the church are Landed Bishops. Some prefer to be
   Wandering Bishops. Of course, bishops are exorcists, exorcists are
   priests/esses, and priests/esses are deacons.



