“Barbee paid particular attention to the priest, and especially his vestments,” Rose said. “In Episcopal tradition, the guy should be a bishop and the cloth around his neck should be a purple stole. A bishop’s stole is broader and fancier than a tippet, which is a narrower type of ceremonial scarf a priest wears. If the bishop couldn’t be there for some reason, the baptism should be done by the rector — the parish priest — of the family’s home church. Barbee remarks that this guy is wearing a tippet, which is both narrow and black. Although Barbee admits, the thing could be dark purple, in which case it might be reversible — with white material on the other side, appropriate for conducting prayers later. Either way, the fellow is not a bishop and most likely to be the rector.”
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