A synonym for to consecrate is to sanctify, a distinct antonym is to desecrate. Within the United Methodist Church only bishops are empowered to consecrate bishops and ordain clergy. Only a validly ordained priest can validly consecrate the Eucharist. Any bishop may consecrate the holy oils. The Donatists believed that a repentant apostate priest could no longer consecrate the Eucharist. The priest thus refuses to consecrate it in the temple. Archbishop Theodore refused to consecrate a new bishop. In June 1987, Lefebvre announced his intention to consecrate a successor to the episcopacy. On his way to Alexandria, he stopped in Memphis to consecrate the sacred bull Apis. Vilatte solicited the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches to consecrate him. I want to consecrate things again, because that is possible, I want to re-mythologize them. They advise her to go back to the palace and consecrate Angada as the king. Then they celebrated Mass to consecrate the location. This would consecrate the attendees to the ceremony, such as a wedding. Parashurama now wanted to consecrate this new land.