LIMA, PERU: Reverse Ordinariate set up to receive Roman Catholic Bishop
LIMA, PERU: Reverse Ordinariate set up to receive Roman Catholic Bishop and Three Priests into Anglican Diocese
By David W. Virtue in Lima
www.virtueonline.org
January 16, 2012
On February 19, 2012 Bishop Oscar Rojas Quinto and three of his clergy will be received as priests into the Anglican Church of Peru, along with their congregations from Huancayo in the mountains of central Peru.
These former Roman Catholics have been in conversation and prayer for over a year following the request of Bishop Oscar to be received as Anglicans and become part of the Anglican Diocese of Peru.
Bishop Harold William Godfrey, who heads the Diocese of Peru, called it a "reverse Ordinariate." The word Ordinariate was taken from Pope Benedict XIV's initiative to give Anglican clergy and congregations a way to maintain some of their traditions while becoming Roman Catholics.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue in Lima
www.virtueonline.org
January 16, 2012
On February 19, 2012 Bishop Oscar Rojas Quinto and three of his clergy will be received as priests into the Anglican Church of Peru, along with their congregations from Huancayo in the mountains of central Peru.These former Roman Catholics have been in conversation and prayer for over a year following the request of Bishop Oscar to be received as Anglicans and become part of the Anglican Diocese of Peru.
Bishop Harold William Godfrey, who heads the Diocese of Peru, called it a "reverse Ordinariate." The word Ordinariate was taken from Pope Benedict XIV's initiative to give Anglican clergy and congregations a way to maintain some of their traditions while becoming Roman Catholics.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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