Can an ordained, married, Methodist pastor become a Catholic priest?

Question

Is there a history of married Protestants becoming priests?

Answer 1

Yes.

In the last twenty-five years at least seventy-seven married men have been ordained as Catholic priests in the United States.

Sixty-six of these married priests are former Episcopalians, seven are former Lutherans, three are former Methodists, and one is a former Presbyterian.

Here is an interesting article: http://www.corpus.org/Page.cfm?Web_ID=577

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

It is possible, but only on a very limited basis.

You need to contact a priest about converting first. The Church has allowed some Protestant ministers with no other means to support thei families to go back to seminary and be ordained as priests. They are limited in what they can do, but it is possible.

You should contact the Coming Home Network. It was started by Marcus Grodi, a Protestant minister who found the Truth of the Catholic Church. It is a support system for others in his situation, since becoming a priest is not always an option.

www.chnetwork.org

Answer 3

Yes, a Catholic man who's already married can, in some instances, come to be a Catholic priest. The bishop has the final say -- it is really usual among eastern ceremony Catholics (such as the Melkites) to be married earlier than they are ordained priests, peculiarly due to the fact they can't get married AFTER fitting a priest -- only previously. No, a married Catholic priest does no longer have to divorce his spouse. That may be sinful. He made sacred vows to his wife and he have to uphold those. Priestly celibacy is a discipline (not a demand) for single priests. They be given this discipline voluntarily and make their vows of celibacy voluntarily. The lady you communicate of can't divorce her husband to become a nun. Most first orders would now not be given a married lady due to the fact that they are living in neighborhood, and obviously, a married girl is obliged to are living along with her husband, no longer a neighborhood of sisters. Nevertheless, this married lady could end up a third-order devout (similar to a 3rd-order Carmelite or a Benedictine Oblate). Then, if and when her husband dies, she would in all likelihood become a primary-order sister, depending on her age, wellness and vocational calling. Which brings up a factor. One does not decide on to become a priest or a nun. One is called to be so. If a man or woman has already been called to the vocation of marriage, that person ordinarily is just not referred to as to be a priest or a sister except the partner has died.

Answer 4

I know that IF a man is married before he bocomes a Catholic priest he is allowed to remain so. The church changed that, maybe 20 or more years ago. Of course if they are single when they become a Priest they are not allowed to marry after that. I would assume that if someone changes from another denomination to Catholicism that the sam rule would apply.

Answer 5

I think it is unlikely but some anglican pastors switched to catholic when the anglicans agreed to ordaim women and vicors and I believe some were married and kept their wifes with them.

Answer 6

Only Episcopalians, Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Lutherans, as I understand it - and it's VERY rarely permitted.

Other married men can become deacons, though, if they are at least 35, have the consent of their wives, attend the seminary, etc.

Answer 7

To my knowlege, the only Protestant denomination from which married priests may come is the Episcopalian church.

Answer 8

Yes: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=4662

Answer 9

Hmmm... as long as he instantly becomes celibate and renounces his misguided faith... The simple answer is, currently, no.

But there IS a history... look up a text such as Chadwick's "The Early Church".

Of course, the Church is always recruiting and laypeople are exactly what the term suggests: devout Christians who cannot attain priesthood.

Paul

Answer 10

It's possible.

Some Anglicans and Lutherans have done it.