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The Right Reverend (abbreviated as The Rt Rev'd or The Rt Rev.) is an honorific style given to certain religious figures and members of a clergy. Overview [ edit ]
Bishop: "the Right Reverend" (Rt. Rev.); formally addressed as My Lord rather than Your Excellency. This style is an ancient one, and has been used in the western church for more than a thousand years; it corresponds to, but does not derive from, the Italian Monsignore and the French Monseigneur .
Very Reverend, Very Rev., Reverend Monsignor, Rev. Msgr. A presbyter granted vicarious authority from a diocesan bishop for the entire diocese, as a kind of "vice bishop" for administrative purposes. Often also acts as moderator of the curia / chief of staff. Chorbishop: A chorbishop is an official of a diocese in some Eastern Christian churches.
Abbreviations for Reverend include Rev., Revd (or Rev d), and Rev'd. The Reverend is traditionally used as an adjectival form with first names (or initials) and surname, e.g. "the Reverend John Smith" or "the Reverend J. F. Smith"; if the first names (or initials) are unknown, the correct form is "The Reverend Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Smith". [3]
He was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 March 2010. [2] His consecration to the episcopate took place on 10 July 2010; the principal consecrator was the Most Reverend Michael George Bowen, Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, with the Right Reverend Charles Caruana, Bishop Emeritus of Gibraltar, and the Right Reverend Thomas Matthew Burns, Bishop of ...
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Rt Rev Msgr Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew CBE , KHS , better known as John Ayscough and born Francis Browning Bickerstaffe , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (11 February 1858 – 3 July 1928) was a British writer [ 3 ] and Roman Catholic priest .
The Very Reverend is an honorific style given to higher-ranking members of a clergy. The definite article "the" should always precede "Reverend" when used before a name (e.g., the Very Rev. John Smith ), because "Reverend" is an honorific adjective, not a title .