An “Ordinariate of Postulants” has been set up by the diocese of Peru in the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone to host a growing number of Roman Catholic priests who are keen to join the Anglican Church.
In contrast to the situation in England, where three former bishops recently joined the Ordinariate for former Anglicans established by Rome, clerics are making the reverse journey in South America.
The Bishop of Peru, the Rt Revd William Godfrey, said that, so far, about ten RC priests had joined the new group to explore the possibility of switching denominations. Some may bring congregations with them.
About half of them are from churches that have become independent from the RC Church, often because the priests have got married.
Bishop Godfrey said that he had also received requests from RC clergy in Uruguay, Ecuador, and Argentina, to join the Anglican Church.
He said that it was not entirely new for Roman Catholics to make this journey, as “the Anglican Church in Latin America would not exist if it wasn’t for ex-Roman Catholics”, but priests were now leaving on a larger scale.
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4 comments:
Is this good news, or is it bad news? Are the romans becoming Protest and Reformed or just bring over their roman superstitions into the Peruvian Church? Too many unanswered questions.
After having checked the Anglican Church in Peru's website, I'm certain this is not good news. From the pictures, and a picture is worth a thousand words, the church in Peru is simply another Roman organization. The priest are simply not celebrate. I'm truly sorry.
Keep watching, Joe.
Having looked over the Anglican Church in Peru's web sites (both in English and Spanish), I cannot find anything Reformed or Protestant about them. They make no reference to the Articles of Religion, though they do mention the three creeds, Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian. The Book of Common Prayer is mentioned, but not what version. As we all know there are many BCPs and many do not even look or sound alike. So they call themselves Anglicans but I see papists with priestly wives.
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