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Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised
in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate. (CCC1536)