The leader of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) has disclosed
that over 150 clerics in his group, including 17 bishops, hope to enter
ordinariates within the Catholic Church in the coming year.
Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth, in a message to members of the TAC,
expressed high hopes for the success of the ordinariates—although he
revealed that the past year’s negotiations have not always proceeded
smoothly.
“There have been exquisite difficulties this year,” Archbishop Hepworth
conceded. “We have discovered how little detailed knowledge we have of
the way the Catholic Church does things, and Catholic officials have
discovered, I believe, their need to acquire a better and more profound
knowledge of contemporary Anglicanism.”
However, as plans for the ordinariates advance, the TAC leader reported
that 24 priests and one bishop of his group plan to seek ordination to
the Catholic priesthood in the English ordinariate, which is to be
formed early in 2011.
In the US, Hepworth said, 51 priests and 5 bishops
(three of them retired) will seek to join a new ordinariate.
Two Anglican bishops in Central America are asking for ordinariates, the
TAC leader disclosed.
In Canada, three TAC bishops are seeking an
ordinariate, and 43 Anglican priests hope to join.
Archbishop Hepworth invited TAC members from Australia and neighboring
countries to a meeting that will be held in early February, for those
hoping to see an ordinariate established there.
He said that 6 Anglican
bishops and 28 priests have already indicated their interest.
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