127. OFFICE OF DEACON

The various ministries of the deacon at Mass may be distributed among several deacons, present and wearing their vestments. (See Congregation of Rites, instruction, June 21, 1968, nos. 4, 5.) Other deacons who are present but not called upon to function in the celebration normally should not vest or occupy a specific place in the liturgy, unless they are participating as the «order of deacons», e.g., at the liturgy of ordination of another deacon. (See Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, «Newsletter», October, 1981.)