Ecclesiastical decoration
An ecclesiastical decoration is an order or a decoration conferred by a head of a church.

Catholic ecclesiastical decorations
 Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem founded in 1979 by the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
 Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch founded in 1985 the Syriac Catholic Church

Both are recognised as legitimate ecclesiastical decorations by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry (2006):

Local ecclesiastical distinctions
 Jerusalem Pilgrim's Cross, established in 1901, conferred in the name of the Sovereign Pontiff at the office of the Custody of the Holy Land of the Order of Friars Minor in Jerusalem, Israel
 Cross of Honour of the Abbot of Lilienfeld, founded in 1980, of the Abbot of Lilienfeld, Austria
 Order of Saint Nicholas, a regional lay order founded in 1991 by Bishop Ignatius Ghattas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton
 Medal, Great Cross, and Golden Order of the Maronite General Council of the Maronite Church
 Cross of São Tomé of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe

Other
The Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria) (active 1693-1918), could also be said to initially have had shared traits of an ecclesiastical decoration, as awarded by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne.

Expanding Reason of the Joseph Ratzinger Foundation, established in 2017.

Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical decorations 
Several autocephalous churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion award ecclesiastical decorations, including:
 The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, honours awarded to laity by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The archons are organized in two orders:
 The "Order of Saint Andrew" (est. 1966) for Archons subject to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
 The "Brotherhood of the Most Holy Lady Pammakaristos" (est. 1991) for the rest of the world
 The Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre, awarded by the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem.
 The Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (est. 1978), awarded by the Russian Orthodox Church.
 The Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy (est. 2004), awarded by the Russian Orthodox Church for spiritual merits on the military service.
 The Order of St. Sava, awarded by the Serbian Orthodox Church since 1985. This decoration revives an order of merits awarded from 1883 to 1945 by the Kingdom of Serbia, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
 The Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (est. 2007), honor given by the Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana, a jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.
 The  (est. 1935), awarded by the Finnish Orthodox Church.
 The  (est. 1922), awarded by the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church.

Protestantism

Anglican Communion

In addition to the Lambeth degree, the Archbishop of Canterbury awards the following to recognise outstanding service in various fields.
 Archbishop of Canterbury's Award for Outstanding Service to the Anglican Communion
 Cross of St Augustine for Services to the Anglican Communion
 Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism
 Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England
Archbishop's Awards for ministry priority areas (six awards named after former Archbishops of Canterbury) 
Dunstan Award for Prayer and the Religious Life
Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation
Alphege Award for Evangelism and Witness
Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship
Langton Award for Community Service
Cranmer Award for Worship

Methodism
Honourable Order of Jerusalem, the highest distinction presented by the World Methodist Council