Question #9: I understand that priests receive a salary

for their ministry. Do deacons get paid or are

they volunteers?

Answer: In general, deacons are not compensated

for their ministry as deacons. Sometimes a deacon

holds a job in the Church as a member of the

bishop’s staff or a parish employee, such as the

principal of a parish school. In these cases, the

deacon is paid whatever a lay person would be paid

for the same position. Note that such compensation

is associated with the position accepted by the deacon

in addition to his ecclesiastical assignment as

deacon for which no compensation is generally

provided.