Illustration of a bishop sitting on an ornately decorated cathedra. A crosier, pastoral staff, rests…
An illustration of the coat of arms of the Holy See with a crosier, processional cross, and some decorative…
"Investiture of a bishop by a king through the giving of the crosier, or pastoral staff."—Myers, 1905
"The Pastoral Staff is, in the Roman Catholic Church, the official staff of a bishop or abbot. The pastoral…