The vimpa is sometimes used when a bishop celebrates Mass.
The vimpa, similar to a humeral veil but narrower, is sometimes used when a bishop celebrates Mass (liturgy).
If a bishop celebrates Mass solemnly, two vimpas, so as to take care of mitre and crosier, as well as other functions.
This festival, celebrated particularly by Neapolitans, honors a martyred bishop.
If a bishop celebrates Mass solemnly, two servers, wearing vimpas, hold the mitre and the crosier, and present them at the appropriate times.
Before speaking to reporters, the bishop celebrated the annual Holy Thursday Mass, when priests rededicate themselves to the priesthood.
The bishop celebrated this event alongside His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco.
For centuries the bishops celebrated the first Christmas Mass in this church, and the third in that of Sant Pere.
If a bishop celebrates, he wears a plain mitre.
If a bishop or abbot celebrates, he wears a plain mitre (mitra simplex).