Definition of Protodeacon. Meaning of Protodeacon. Synonyms of Protodeacon

- Protodeacon derives from the Gr**** proto- meaning 'first' and diakonos, which is a standard ancient Gr**** word meaning "****istant", "servant", or "waiting-man"...
- The cardinal protodeacon does not announce a new pope's name until the pope elect has been ordained a bishop. Ceased to be protodeacon upon being raised...
- the end of 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2003 and was the Cardinal Protodeacon from 2011 to 2014. His earlier career included almost thirty years in...
- deacons, the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals, upon the death of Cardinal Renato Martino on 28 October 2024. Since he will be protodeacon during the...
- the formal prayer for the new pope at the papal inauguration after the protodeacon (most senior Cardinal deacon) bestows the pallium and before the Dean...
- habemus ('We have a pope') is the announcement traditionally given by the protodeacon of the College of Cardinals (the senior cardinal deacon in the College)...
- Rancagua and then bishop of Valparaíso from 1993 to 1996. As Cardinal Protodeacon, the longest serving cardinal of the order of cardinal deacons, he announced...
- 2003, Martino became the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeacon, from June 2014. He served for more than twenty years in the diplomatic...
- be known from that point on. The senior cardinal deacon or cardinal protodeacon then appears on the balcony of Saint Peter's to proclaim the new pope...
- first rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 11:22 am, when Protodeacon Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani announced to the public the successful election...