I am an Episcopal Deacon and we are referred to as Vocational Deacons.  The Episcopal Church has no such rules.  I feel sorry for my brother deacon after all his studies to be ordained and his active ministry to the church.  There is a four-fold ministry in the church: laity, deacons, priests, and bishops and we all have distinctive roles in the church.  I pray for Pope Francis daily and hope he is with us long enough to make some sensible changes for RCC.