カトリック司教への呼びかけ方：対面および書面での「閣下（Your Excellency）」

You greet a Catholic bishop as Your Excellency, and after that by his title and surname. A letter goes to The Most Reverend John Smith, Bishop of [diocese], and opens Your Excellency or Dear Bishop Smith. In the United States an archbishop takes the same forms, with Archbishop in place of Bishop. The forms look like a lot to remember, but they rest on something simple. The honor is for the office, which Paul called “a good work” (1 Timothy…