Can. 1008 - By divine institution some among the Christian faithful are constituted saced ministers through the sacrament of orders be means of the indelible character with which they are marked; accordingly they are consecrated and deputed to shepherd the people of God, each in accord with his own grade of orders, by fulfilling in the person of Christ the Head the functions of teaching, sanctifying and governing.

Can. 1009 - §1. The orders are the episcopacy, the presbyterate and the diaconate.
§2. They are conferred by an imposition of hands and by the consecratory prayer which the liturgical books prescribe for the individual grades.

Can. 1012 - The minister of sacred ordination is a consecrated bishop.

Can. 1013 - No bishop is permitted to consecrate anyone a bishop unless it is first evident that there is a pontifical mandate.

Can. 1024 - Only a baptized male validly receives sacred ordination.