The Chapter of the Hofkapelle

The officers listed in the Chapel Royal in Count Oskar are de facto canons of the chapter of the Hofkapelle under the headship of the Dean, who has administrative headship of the body (though the Archchaplain of Ruritania is the ceremonial head) but in 1880 the Dean is also a university academic, attached to the theology school of the Rudolfer University.

The Pensioner would be the canon responsible for the finances of the chapter, and its charitable activity.

The Chaplain-in-ordinary would be the deputy of the Archchaplain, who is the 'Ordinary' of the chapel, which is outside the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Strelsau and so the Archchaplain, the Bishop of Luchau, exercises episcopal jurisdiction in the palace and Hofkapelle.

The Sacrist in this case would orchestrate the liturgy and music of the Hofkapelle, deal with the musicians and choir.

Father Piotr, the Almoner in 1880, is a royal household officer, his is a title for a senior chaplain to the queen, a priest who by courtesy gets an office in the Hofkapelle undercroft and a stall in the chapel above. Technically, his job is to give out the queen's alms to the poor, but he might also act as her confessor.