A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches,[1][2] in Anglican communities,[3] and in the Eastern Orthodox Church.[4]
- ^ Podmore, C. J. (1993). Together in Mission and Ministry: The Porvoo Common Statement, With, Essays on Church and Ministry in Northern Europe : Conversations Between the British and Irish Anglican Churches and the Nordic and Baltic Lutheran Churches. Church House Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7151-5750-3.
- ^ Sequeira, Tahira (8 February 2021). "Gallery: Turku makes history with first female bishop". Helsinki Times. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
Archbishop Tapio Luoma (left) served as the chief consecrator
- ^ Lee, Frederick George (31 August 2012). The Validity of the Holy Orders of the Church of England Maintained and Vindicated: Both Theologically and Historically, with Footnotes, Tables of Consecrations, and Appendices. Ulan Press. p. 230. ISBN 9780790593005.
- ^ "Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement: "Orthodoxy"". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 25 December 2021.