===============+======================+=======================+================= | | | | If you are | Envelope | Formal beginning | speaking, you say: | addressed: | of a letter ---------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------------- Roman Catholic | Your Grace | The Most Reverend | Most Reverend Archbishop | | Michael Corrigan, | and dear Sir: (There is no | | Archbishop of | Protestant | | New York. | Archbishop in | | | the United | | | States) | | | ---------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------------- Bishop | Bishop Manning | To the Right Reverend | Most Reverend (Whether Roman | | William T. Manning, | and dear Sir: Catholic or | | Bishop of New York. | Protestant.) | | | | | | ---------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------------- Priest | Father or | The Rev. | Reverend | Father Duffy | Michael Duffy. | and dear Sir: ---------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------------- Protestant | Mr. Saintly | The Rev. Geo. | Sir: Clergyman | (If he is D.D. or | Saintly. (If you do | or | LL.D., you call him | not know his first | My dear Sir: | Dr. Saintly.) | name, write The | | | Rev. ... Saintly. | | | rather than the | | | Rev. Mr. Saintly) | ---------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------------- Rabbi | Rabbi Wise | Dr. Stephen Wise, | Dear Sir: | (If he is D.D. or | or Rabbi Stephen | | LL.D., he is called | Wise, or Rev. | | Dr. Wise) | Stephen Wise. | ---------------+----------------------+-----------------------+----------------- Ambassador | Your Excellency | His Excellency | Your | or | The American | Excellency: | Mr. Ambassador | Ambassador,[B] | | | American Embassy, | | | London. | | | | | | |