What order of priests was pope Francis?

Answer 1

This depends. There are many orders in the catholic church which may ordain priests, these include the Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, Premonstratensians, Trinitarians, the Marists, the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, the Priestly Fraternity of the Holy Cross, The Redemptorists and quite a few others. These orders are all concentrating on different aspects of priestly and communal life. Generally if one wants to discover what order a priest is, his name will be followed by a postnomial like S.J. For example Rev. John Smith, OP: In this case Father John Smith is a member of the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans). If a priest does not possess a post-nomial like OP, SJ, SVD, CSsP, OF, OF(cap) or something like that he is what is called a secular priest (as opposed to a religious priest, referring to membership of a religious fraternity). These priests generally pass through the local seminary and are answerable to the dioscesan bishop, as opposed to a religious superior. They do not have an order unless at some later date they choose to take a religious calling and join one.

Arguably all priests are members of the "Order of Melchisideck" as in the prayer of ordination the bishop who is ordaining the candidate prays that the priest be made "a priest forever in the Order of Melchizideck." However there is no specific order called this, and so this is something which is ignored.

Answer 2

The hierarchy of the clergy in theCatholic faith is: Deacon (The deacon is in major orders there are two types of Deacons: Either the transitional deacon, (a man studding for the Priesthood) or the "Permanent" Deacon. After the Diaconate, Priest; after Priest, Bishop; after Bishop Pope. Priest: Monsignor, and Rt. Rev. Monsignor are honorific titles Bishop: a) Axillary Bishop is assigned to assist the "Ordinary", representing him at various functions to include confirmation. b) "Ordinary" is in charge of a diocese. The only difference is the Bishop and an Archbishop is the size of the diocese they command. c) a "Cardinal" is a "Prince of the Church" and historically has three different rankings. i) Cardinal Bishop ii) Cardinal Priest iii) Cardinal Deacon

Answer 3

Their are Monastic orders, Mendicant orders, Canons Regulars, and Clerks Regulars. Those are the types of orders of the Catholic Priests.