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Answer: The ordinary ministers of baptism (in other words, the people ordinarily expected to perform baptism) are priests and deacons.

Baptism The ordinary ministers of Baptism are bishops, priests, and deacons. (In case of necessity, anyone with the required intention can baptize by using the Trinitarian baptismal formula. The required intention is the will to do what the Church does when she baptizes.)

Finally, the Sacrament of Baptism is normally performed by a bishop, priest, or deacon. However, special circumstances may permit a layperson to perform a baptism.

In case of emergency, any baptized person may administer Baptism ing to the following form. I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Lord's Prayer is then said.

Baptism is seen as the sacrament of admission to the faith, bringing sanctifying grace to the person being baptized. In Catholicism the baptism of infants is the most common form, but unbaptized children or adults who wish to join the faith must also receive the sacrament.

For example, for baptism, the form is the baptismal formula, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” The matter is the water poured over the head of the recipient. Traditionally, the one being baptized has water poured over them or is fully emerged in water three times.

Ordinarily, a bishop or priest (or, in the Western church, a deacon) administers the sacrament; but, if necessary, anyone can validly do so. People are sometimes surprised to learn that a non-Christian or even an atheist can perform a baptism.

Baptism is the sacrament through which we are: (1) reborn as children of God, (2) united with Jesus into His death and Resurrection, (3) cleansed of Original Sin and personal sins, and (4) welcomed into the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ.