- Joined
- Jan 27, 2010
- Messages
- 4,456
- Reaction score
- 637
I've been able to find lots of resources for what lay people should call different levels of Anglican clergy, and I assume that clergy lower in the hierarchy would use these same titles to refer to those higher up, but I'm having trouble figuring out how someone higher up would refer to someone lower down.
More precisely, I have an Anglican bishop meeting with a recalcitrant parish priest. It's a sort of disciplinary meeting, so I want things to be more formal than friendly. Would the bishop call the priest Mr. Webber? Father Webber? (this is an Anglo-Catholic style church, so the priests do go by 'Father'). First name seems too casual, but maybe not - how much contact would a bishop have with a fairly junior parish priest?
Thanks for any help with this. The story's set in Canada, but I'd be happy to hear Anglican conventions from wherever, including those pesky Episcopalians who can't stick to the regular name for themselves!
More precisely, I have an Anglican bishop meeting with a recalcitrant parish priest. It's a sort of disciplinary meeting, so I want things to be more formal than friendly. Would the bishop call the priest Mr. Webber? Father Webber? (this is an Anglo-Catholic style church, so the priests do go by 'Father'). First name seems too casual, but maybe not - how much contact would a bishop have with a fairly junior parish priest?
Thanks for any help with this. The story's set in Canada, but I'd be happy to hear Anglican conventions from wherever, including those pesky Episcopalians who can't stick to the regular name for themselves!
