Ύφος προσφώνησης και τύπος αναφοράς επισήμων

Το ύφος (στυλ) προσφώνησης και τύπος αναφοράς, ή ο τρόπος με το οποίο κάποιος αποτείνεται σε επίσημα, υψηλά ιστάμενα πρόσωπα, ή σε πρόσωπα με τιμητικές διακρίσεις, είναι ένας νομικός, επίσημος, ή αναγνωρισμένος τίτλος, με άλλα λόγια, ένας όρος που από παράδοση ή νομικό δίκαιο, προηγείται μιας αναφοράς σε ένα πρόσωπο που κατέχει μια θέση, ή ακόμη χρησιμοποιείται για να αναφερθεί στη ίδιο το πολιτικό γραφείο.

Ένας τιμητικός τίτλος  μπορεί επίσης να χορηγηθεί σε ένα άτομο επί προσωπικής βάσεως. Τέτοια ύφη προσφωνήσεων συνδέονται κυρίως με μοναρχίες, όπου μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν από τον / την σύζυγο του κατόχου ενός τίτλου ή ενός πρίγκιπα εξ’ αίματος, κατά τη διάρκεια του γάμου τους.

Επίσης, το ύφος προσφώνησης χρησιμοποιείται σχεδόν παγκοσμίως για προέδρους δημοκρατιών και σε πολλές χώρες για τα μέλη των νομοθετικών οργάνων, υψηλόβαθμους δικαστές και ανώτερους συνταγματικούς λειτουργούς.

Οι υψηλόβαθμοι Θρησκευτικοί Ηγέτες έχουν επίσης συγκεκριμένο ύφος αναφοράς.

Θρησκεία

• Η Αυτού Παναγιότητα (συντομογραφία HAH), προφορική αναφορά Παναγιότατε, η Παναγιότητα Σας - τύπος αναφοράς του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη της Κωνσταντινούπολης.
• Η Αυτού Αγιότητα (συντομογραφία HH), προφορική αναφορά Αγιότατε, Η Αγιότητα Σας, ή Άγιε Πατέρα ή Αγιότατε Κύριε μας ( "Sanctissimus Dominus Noster") – τύπος αναφοράς για τον Κόπτη Ορθόδοξο Πάπα και τον Ρωμαιοκαθολικό Πάπα της Ρώμης.
• Η Αυτού Αγιότητα (συντομογραφία HH), προφορική αναφορά Αγιότατε, Η Αγιότητα Σας – για τον Πατριάρχη Μόσχας και Πάσης Ρωσίας, τον Πατριάρχη του Πετζ και των Σέρβων, τον Καθολικό Πατριάρχη όλων των Αρμενίων, τον Πατριάρχη της Γεωργίας, και άλλους πατριάρχες της Χριστιανικής Εκκλησίας.
• Η Αυτού Αγιότητα (συντομογραφία HH), προφορική αναφορά Αγιότατε, Η Αγιότητά Σας – για τον Δαλάι Λάμα και κάτοχους αξιωμάτων ορισμένων άλλων βουδιστών του Θιβέτ.
• Η Αυτού Υψηλότητα του Αγά Χαν (συντομογραφία ΗΗ του Αγά Χαν), προφορική αναφορά Υψηλότατε, Η Υψηλότητα Σας και στη συνέχεια Sir – για τον Ιμάμη και τους Θρησκευτικούς Πνευματικούς Ηγέτες των Ισμαηλιτών Σιΐτών μουσουλμάνων.

• Η Αυτού Μακαριότητα, προφορική αναφορά Μακαριότατε – για τους Πατριάρχες της Ανατολικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας, και της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Ανατολικής Εκκλησίας και της Ουκρανικής Ελληνικής Εκκλησίας, του Αρχιεπίσκοπου του Κίεβο-Halych, και τους αρχιεπισκόπους των αυτοκέφαλων ορθόδοξων εκκκλησιών.  Εάν τους έχει αποδοθεί τίτλος Καρδινάλιου από τον Πάπα, χρησιμοποιείται ο τύπος " Η Επιφανιότητα σας (Eminence)’’ όπως και οι άλλοι καρδινάλιοι (πιο σωστά και τυπικά όμως, "Μακαριότατε και Επιφανιότατε").
• Η Αυτού Εξοχότητα ή η Αυτού Σεβασμιότητα, προφορική αναφορά Εξοχότατε, Σεβασμιότατε – για Ρωμαιοκαθολικούς Αρχιεπισκόπους και Επισκόπους.

Style (manner of address)

A style of office, or honorific, is a legal, official, or recognized title,^[1] in other words a term which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post, or which is used to refer to the political office itself. An honorific can also be awarded to an individual in a personal capacity. Such styles are particularly associated with monarchies, where they may be used by a wife of an office holder or of a prince of the blood, for the duration of their marriage. They are also almost universally used for presidents in republics and in many countries for members of legislative bodies, higher-ranking judges and senior constitutional office holders. Leading religious figures also have styles

Religion

• His All Holiness (abbreviation HAH), oral address Your All Holiness — the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• His Holiness (abbreviation HH), oral address Your Holiness, or Holy Father or Our Most Holy Lord ("Sanctissimus Dominus Noster") — the Coptic Orthodox Pope and the Roman Catholic Pope.
• His Holiness (abbreviation HH), oral address Your Holiness — the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch of Peć and the Serbs, Catholicos of All Armenians, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and some other patriarchs of Christian Church.
• His Holiness (abbreviation HH), oral address Your Holiness — the Dalai Lama and holders of certain other Tibetan Buddhist lineages.
• His Highness the Aga Khan (abbreviation HH the Aga Khan.), oral address Your Highness and then Sir — The Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
• His Beatitude, oral address Your Beatitude — Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic patriarchs and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych. If they have been elevated to the cardinalate by the Pope, they use the traditional "His Eminence" like other cardinals (more properly and formally, "His Beatitude and Eminence").
• His Eminence (abbreviation "HE", oral address Your Eminence) — Eastern Orthodoxmetropolitans and archbishops who are not the First Hierarch of an autocephalous church; Roman Catholic cardinals and certain high lamas in Tibetan Buddhism.
• His Excellency or The Most Reverend (abbreviation The Most Rev.), oral address Your Excellency — Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops.
• His Grace or The Most Reverend (abbreviation The Most Rev.), oral address Your Grace) — Roman Catholic archbishops in Commonwealth countries; and Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
• His Grace or The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt. Rev.), oral address Your Grace) — Eastern Orthodox bishops.
• His Lordship or The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt Rev.), oral address My Lord — AnglicanRoman Catholic bishops in Commonwealth countries. and
• The Most Reverend and Right Honourable (abbreviation The Most Rev. and Rt Hon.), oral address Your Grace — Church of England (Anglican) archbishops who are Privy Councillors, usually the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
• The Most Reverend (abbreviation The Most Rev.), oral address Your Grace) — Anglicanarchbishops, primates, metropolitans and presiding bishops. Also moderators.
• The Most Reverend (abbreviation The Most Rev.), oral address My Lord) — Church of IrelandBishop of Meath and Kildare (due to being, historically, the most senior bishop in Ireland) (Anglican)
• The Most Reverend (abbreviation The Most Rev.), oral address Presiding Bishop — the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana
• The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Monsignor (abbreviation The Rt Rev. and Rt Hon. Mgr), oral address Monsignor, or according to personal preference) — Prelate of Honour who is also a Privy Counsellor (The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Monsignor Graham Leonard KCVO).
• The Right Reverend and Right Honourable (abbreviation The Rt Rev. and Rt Hon.), oral address My Lord or Bishop — Church of England (Anglican) bishops who are members of the Privy Council, usually the Bishop of London.
• The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt Rev.), oral address My Lord or Bishop — other Church of England bishops
• The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt Rev.) — Moderator of the United Church of Canada
• The Right Reverend Father (abbreviation The Rt. Rev. Fr.), oral address Father — Eastern Orthodox archimandrites.
• The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt. Rev.), oral address Father or Father Abbot — Roman Catholic abbots.
• The Right Reverend (abbreviation The Rt Rev., oral address Bishop) — diocesan bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana
• Bishop (oral address Bishop) an area bishop in The United Methodist Church. The Right Reverend has never been pervasive in The United Methodist Church.
• The Very Reverend (abbreviation The Very Rev. , oral address Father) — Catholic vicars general, judicial vicars, judges, rectors of seminaries, vicars forane, episcopal vicars, general superiors of religious orders of priests, provincial superiors, priors of monasteries or friaries
• The Very Reverend Father (abbreviation The Very Rev. Fr., oral address Father) — Eastern Orthodox archpriests
• The Very Reverend (abbreviation The Very Rev. , oral address Mr Dean or Mr Provost, as appropriate, or Very Reverend Sir) — Anglican Deans and Provosts of Cathedrals, the Deans of Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel, Windsor, and, for historical reasons, a few parish priests, such as the Dean of Bocking. Sometimes an Anglican Cathedral Dean has previously been a bishop, in which case he is styled as a bishop, except that on formal occasions he may be addressed, Mr Dean.
• The Very Reverend (abbreviation The Very Rev. , oral address Very Reverend Sir or Mr Dean) — Deans of some Anglican Seminaries, especially those in the USA
• The Very Reverend (abbreviation The Very Rev. , oral address Osofo Panin) — Superintendent Minister in the Methodist Church Ghana
• The Very Reverend (abbreviation The Very Rev., oral address Reverend) — former ModeratorsUnited Church of Canada of the
• The Reverend Monsignor (abbreviation The Rev. Msgr., oral address Monsignor) — Catholic Church protonotaries apostolic, honorary prelates, chaplains of his holiness
• The Venerable (oral address Venerable Sir or Mr. Archdeacon) — Anglican Archdeacons
• Venerable (abbreviation "Ven.", oral address "Venerable" or "Venerable ") — fully ordained Buddhist monks and nuns
• The Reverend and Right Honourable (abbreviation The Revd and Rt Hon.) — ProtestantPrivy Council (Dr Ian Paisley) ordained ministers who are members of the
• The Reverend the Honourable (abbreviation The Rev. the Hon., oral address according to ecclesiastical or other status) — ordained son of an earl, viscount, or baron, or ordained daughter of a viscount or baron (unless also a privy counsellor or peer)
• The Very Reverend (abbreviation "The Very Rev.", oral address: "Overseer") In the Anglican-Apostolic Communion (Pentecostal)tradition, the Overseer is the lowest level of Prelate (only Non-Consecrated Bishop Prelate), with oversight to a specific work or department, directly responsible to the Primate/Presiding Bishop or a Bishop (Ordinary/Diocesan).
• The Reverend (abbreviation The Rev., or, occasionally, The Revd) — Protestant ordained ministers (common variants include Pastor, Parson, Vicar, or simply Reverend" (Rev.), as used in American English; see: The Reverend) ); some Jewish cantors also use this style
• The Reverend Canon (abbreviation The Rev. Canon, oral address Canon) — Catholic and Anglican Canons
• The Reverend Doctor (abbreviation The Rev. Dr., oral address Father or Doctor) — priests and other ordained clergy with a Doctorate
• The Reverend Father (abbreviation The Rev. Fr., oral address Father) — Catholic (and many Anglican) priests
• The Reverend Mother (abbreviation The Rev. Mo., oral address Mother) — Abbesses (also, some female Anglican priests)
• The Reverend Mister (abbreviation The Rev. Mr., oral address Deacon) — Catholic transitional deacons, i.e. those preparing for priesthood. Transitional Deacons belonging to religious orders (monastic and non-monastic) are titled Reverend Brother, (similar situations and modifications apply to Anglican deacons as in The Rev. Fr., above)
• Mother (oral address Mother) — heads of some female Catholic religious convents and other communities who are not abbesses
• Mister (abbreviation Mr., oral address often Deacon) — Catholic permanent deacons
• Mister (abbreviation Mr., oral address Mister) — Catholic Sulpician priests
• Mister (abbreviation Mr., oral address often Mister) — Catholic seminarians and scholastics (members preparing for priesthood) of some religious orders (notably, Jesuits)
• Brother (abbreviation Br., oral address Brother) — Catholic members of religious orders under vows (both monastic and non-monastic) who are not priests
• Sister (oral address Sister) - Catholic members of religious orders under vows (both monastic and non-monastic) who are not abbesses
• Grand Rabbi (oral address Rabbi;) - Hasidic rabbis, who are scions of a Hasidic Dynasty
• Rabbi (oral address Rabbi; if holder of the appropriate degree, Doctor both in oral and written communication) - rabbis
• Cantor (oral address Cantor; some cantors use The Reverend as style, as above) - Jewish cantors
• Reverend (oral address Mister or Brother), Southern Baptist pastors