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  2 So the Twelve called together the community of the disciples and said, 'It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve at table.
  
  3 Brothers, select from among you seven reputable men, filled with the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint to this task,
  
  4 whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word'."

  (NABRE Acts 6: 2-4)

  "Since the beginning, the ordained ministry has been conferred and exercised in three degrees: that of bishops, that of presbyters, and that of deacons. The ministries conferred by ordination are irreplaceable for the organic structure of the Church: without the bishop, presbyters and deacons, one cannot speak of the Church (CF. St. Ignatius of Antioch, 'A Trall.' 3,1)."

  (Catechism of the Catholic Church ¶ 1593)