CCC 1569

"At a lower level of the hierarchy are to be found deacons, who receive the imposition of hands 'not unto the priesthood, but unto the ministry."'⁵³ LG 29; cf. CD 15. At an ordination to the diaconate only the bishop lays hands on the candidate, thus signifying the deacon's special attachment to the bishop in the tasks of his "diakonia."⁵⁴ Cf. St. Hippolytus, Trad. ap. 8: SCh 11, 58-62SCh — Sources Chrétiennes (patristic critical-edition series).