Ordination

In the Catholic Church, the ordination to the priesthood is performed by the bishop alone. The bishop places the cingulum, which is meant to remind one of the light yoke of Christ, crosswise over the chest of the newly ordained priest. The bishop then puts the chasuble on him, crosses his hand with chrism, and hands him the paten with the host and the chalice. All this takes place during the Mass.
In the Lutheran Church, ordination, according to apostolic custom, has taken the place of ordination to the priesthood and, according to Lutheran doctrine, is merely the solemn and public confirmation of the received, lawful profession in the sacred office of preaching. It is done either by the Superintendent or, as in the Free Church, by the Synod President or by a pastor delegated by him. At the ordination, the rights and duties of his responsible office are insistently presented to the ordinand, prayed over and blessed by the ordinator and his assistants, after he has been previously committed to the symbolic books by oath or in lieu of an oath.