1. The following is some material that has been hand-picked in regards to the rules that the Church has established for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
2. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that the bishop was the first minister of Confirmation.
3. This information may be found in the Catechism’s section on ministers.
4. In the Eastern Church, it is common practice for the same priest to perform both the sacrament of baptism and the rite of confirmation within the same service.

The ceremony, which consists of the laying on of hands and the anointing of the forehead with chrism, is often carried out by a bishop (holy oil).

What is Catholic confirmation?

What exactly is meant by ″Catholic Confirmation″? The Catholic Church recognizes the sacrament of confirmation as a sacrament by which the person being confirmed (known as the confirmandi) receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit through the imposition of hands and anointing with oils performed by the bishop.

Who performs the confirmation?

However, the confirmation rite is carried out by the priest. The church that developed in the Western world came up with a different answer, which was the separation in time of the sacrament of confirmation from the sacrament of baptism. This has been the standard practice in the United States for more than one hundred years.

Who is the Minister of the sacrament of confirmation?

1. The person in charge of administering the sacrament.
2. According to the catechism of the Catholic Church, ″The original minister of Confirmation is the bishop.″ [Catechism of the Catholic Church] Each bishop is a direct descendant of the apostles, who were the recipients of the Holy Spirit’s initial confirmation at the festival of Pentecost.
3. The book of Acts describes how the apostles distributed the Holy Spirit to Christians after the resurrection of Jesus.

What are the requirements to be confirmed in the Catholic Church?

1. Qualifications Required for Confirmation.
2. Every Christian who has been baptized is qualified to receive the sacrament of confirmation; however, the Western church recommends that individuals wait until they have reached the ″age of reason″ (approximately 7 years old, which corresponds to the second grade in the United States), even though confirmation can be received at any point in one’s life.