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To: nanetteclaret
Priests of the Anglican Use, which is part of the Latin Rite, can be ordained if they had been Episcopal/Anglican priests before converting and go through the instruction process afterwards - even if they are married.

Operative words: "if they had been Episcopal/Anglican priests before converting."

According to the Church, these married priests were ordained prior to entering into the Latin Rite and therefore their ordination was not at the hands of the Latin Rite.

Today, the Latin Rite does not itself ordain married men.
13 posted on 10/14/2005 9:43:35 AM PDT by mike182d ("Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?")
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To: mike182d

No, my priest was ordained into the Roman Catholic church after he converted. He had to go through a period of study and a process, but he was re-ordained. Come to think of it, I know another former Episcopal priest, still married, who converted then was re-ordained into the Latin Rite, so it's not always into the Anglican Use. They all have to go through a process (application, study, etc.), then they are re-ordained.


14 posted on 10/14/2005 10:00:30 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: mike182d

P.S. Here is the church website:

http://www.stmarythevirgin.org/

Go to "About St. Marys" on the left, then click on "Bishop Delaney's decree establishing the parish." You will see the following near the end of the letter:

“It is my intention that the Reverend Allen Hawkins, upon his ordination to the sacred priesthood, will be appointed the first pastor of the new parish.”

Fr. Hawkins and the whole parish converted to the Roman Catholic Church, then he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest not too long afterwards (I think about three months later).


15 posted on 10/14/2005 10:13:05 AM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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