Use
The Caeremoniale Episcoporum, as revised in 1984, no longer imposes on bishops of the Roman Catholic Church the use of episcopal gloves when celebrating Mass solemnly, but they are still used in such celebrations of the Tridentine Mass form of the Roman Rite. Traditionalist Catholic bishops, including Sedevacantist bishops, often make a point of using them to signify their rejection of liturgical changes introduced since the Second Vatican Council, though they would be using them anyway, as they are required dress for the celebration of the Tridentine Mass. Anglo-Catholic and Old Catholic bishops also sometimes make use of the Episcopal gloves, especially when celebrating forms of the Tridentine Mass.
Episcopal gloves are used only at a Pontifical Mass, and then only up to the washing of the hands before the Eucharistic Sacrifice. In the former rite of consecration of a bishop the consecrator, aided by the assisting bishops, put the gloves on him just after the Blessing.
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