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{{Ordination}} is a template that can be used to provide information related to the ordination and consecration of members of the clergy of various Christian denominations as deacons, priests, and bishops, as well as relating to the elevation of cardinals. The template can also be used to provide information regarding the consecrations of other bishops in which the subject bishop acted as principal or only consecrator. It can be used in the article of any person who claims to be ordained as part of the historical episcopate, such as Catholics, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Anglicans, Old Catholics, some Lutherans, etc.
This template replaces {{Episcopal succession}}, which is now deprecated.