Notable deacons featured in articles:

• Saint Stephen
• Nicholas Ferrar
• James, Companion of St Paulinus
• Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll
• Alcuin of York

Deacons to be featured in future articles:

• Saint Benjamin: tortured and martyred in Persia circa 424
• Charles de Foucauld: Trappist monk and hermit
• Saint Ephrem the Syrian: Church Father
• Saint Francis of Assisi: friar and preacher
• Phoebe: mentioned by Paul in his Epistle to the Romans
• Saint Lawrence: martyred under Valerian
• Saint Vincent of Saragossa: patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia