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The traditional Anglican headwear with the cassock was the Canterbury cap, which is now seldom used. Many Anglo-Catholic clergy still wear the biretta. From the mid-18th century, bishops and archdeacons traditionally wore a shortened version of the cassock, called an apron (which hung just above the knee), along with breeches and gaiters. The ...
Chandler Holder (Chad) Jones, SSC (born April 20, 1971) is an American Continuing Anglican bishop. He is the Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Province of America (APA). He is a native of Elkin in Surry County, North Carolina, and a graduate of Emory and Henry College (BA) and Duke University Divinity School (MDiv). Additionally, he has studied ...
Mitre. The mitre (Commonwealth English) ( / ˈmaɪtər /; Greek: μίτρα 'headband' or 'turban') or miter ( American English; see spelling differences) is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.
An Anglican priest delivers a homily, dressed in choir habit with Canterbury cap. The Canterbury cap is a square cloth hat with sharp corners. It originated in the Middle Ages, and is commonly found in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Catholic Church where it is used by Anglican Ordinariate clergy. It is also soft and foldable ...
The Anglican ministry is both the leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion. Ministry commonly refers to the office of ordained clergy: the threefold order of bishops, priests and deacons. More accurately, Anglican ministry includes many laypeople who devote themselves to the ministry of the church, either ...
In Catholicism, the modern zucchetto is most commonly made of silk. The design utilises eight gores or triangular panels that are joined at the tips to form a hemispherical skullcap. Jutting from the central tip of the zucchetto is the "stem", known as stirpis or stirpes. It is made of a twisted loop of silk cord and is meant to make handling ...
Along with the bishop's apron and gaiters, the shovel hat was an instantly recognisable accoutrement of senior Anglican clergy between the 18th and late 19th century, although it was also worn by parsons and less senior figures. By the mid 19th century it was already seen as somewhat traditionalist or old-fashioned: Carlyle coined the term ...
Chimere. Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, wearing a black chimere over his white rochet. A chimere ( / ˈtʃɪmər / CHIM-ər or / tʃɪˈmɪər / chim-EER) is a garment worn by Anglican bishops in choir dress, and, formally as part of academic dress . A descendant of a riding cloak, the chimere resembles an academic gown but without ...