So he starts as a Methodist, teaches at a Presbyterian school, becomes an Episcopalian, and ends a Catholic.
Okay.
This happens more than most people think. My brother-in-law and his family in Northfield, MN went to a parish where the pastor was a widowed grandfather, and married Anglicans can receive Holy Orders.
Misleading title.
Permanent Deacons can be married. Priest can not.
Don’t think so!!
The man is short and while a truly Godly man shows many signs of a Napoleonic Complex.
The Priest at Holy Angels in San Angelo (same diocese) Fr Charles Greenwell was married but I believe his wife died before his ordination. Another true man of God.
I understand completely why priests cannot and should not seek marriage. Yet those who are previously married and receive the call should not be penalized for the manner in which God has chosen to arrange their lives.
And as Fr Greenwell illustrates so very well, marriage does not preclude one from truly serving God - even as a priest.
**In 1993-94, Knickerbocker and his wife, Sandie, became members of the Roman Catholic Church. **
Welcome home, Knick and Sandie.
The article fails to mention that if Knickerbocker is preceded in death by his spouse that he will then adopt the discipline of celibacy for the remainder of his life. If he refused to accept this condition then he would not be eligible for ordination to the Priesthood.
Wonderful news!