Three Anglican Bishops Received into Full Communion with the Catholic Church in 2021

Oct 30th, 2021 | By | Category: Unity in the News

In 2021 three Anglican bishops have been received into full communion with the Catholic Church. On Pentecost (May 23), John Goddard, who had been the Anglican bishop of Burnley, was received into full communion with the Catholic Church.1 On September 8, Jonathan Goodall, former Anglican bishop of Ebbsfleet, was received into full communion with the Catholic Church.2 On September 29, Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican bishop of Rochester, was received into full communion with the Catholic Church, and today (October 30) he was ordained to the priesthood.3 Deo gratias.


Michael Nazir-Ali

  1. Church Times, August 6, 2021. [↩]
  2. “Church of England bishop to be received into the Catholic Church” Catholic News Agency, September 3, 2021. “Married Anglican bishop joins Catholic Church,” BBC News, September 4, 2021. [↩]
  3. “‘A moment of great joy’: English cardinal ordains ex-Anglican bishop as Catholic priest” Catholic News Agency, October 30, 2021. [↩]
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  1. Diana M NewmanNo Gravatar October 30th, 2021 5:26 pm :

    thanks be to God for His goodness and the cooperation of His faithful.

  2. Aad SchramNo Gravatar October 30th, 2021 6:49 pm :

    Almost two years ago, on 22 December 2019 the Anglican Bishop Gavin Ashenden was received into the Catholic Church by the Bishop of Shrewsbury, Mark Davies, at Shrewsbury Cathedral. Bishop Davies commented that it was “very humbling to be able to receive a bishop of the Anglican tradition into full communion in the year of the canonization of Saint John Henry Newman.”

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