They have an intimate share in the body of Christ through the sacrament of holy orders. They are in persona Christi capitas (in the person of Christ the head), as do their successors, the bishops.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. I place myself in the presence of him, in whose Incarnate Presence I am before. I place myself there. I adore thee, O my ...