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If we are talking about a Christian bishop, then the accepted essential part is the laying of the hands with the proper intent and an accepted formula of words spoken by the person making the ordination.

In apostolic churches, those that can trace their churches to an unbroken line back to the original Apostles, then a person can only be ordained by another bishop. It is considered that only males can perform and receive this ordination.

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