The phrase "ordained deacon" refers to someone who has been officially chosen and prepared for a role as a deacon in a religious community. Full definition
One of Pius VII's wisest decisions was to name Ercole Consalvi his secretary of state, creating this layman a cardinal — Consalvi was ordained a deacon at the time — and putting him in charge of virtually the entire apparatus of papal governance. (firstthings.com)
Are ordained deacons in United Methodist churches or ordained elders in Presbyterian churches considered clergy? (religion-online.org)
He was ordained a deacon of the Chaldean Syrian Church in 1958 and in 1965 a priest in the Church. (religion-online.org)