Mitred women in the Catholic Church?
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**Mitred women in the Catholic Church?**
Historically, we know that there were women in the Early Church, who were non-ordained deaconesses.
I know that male deacons and even kings have been given the privilege of wearing a mitre. But is there any historical evidence of women wearing the mitre within the Catholic Church?
> The mitre is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity. Mitres are worn in the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, as well as in the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, and also by bishops and certain other clergy in the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church also wears a mitre during important ceremonies such as the Episcopal Consecration.


Asked by Ken Graham
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Dec 13, 2020, 11:35 PM
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