A former Cornwall church vicar has been ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.
Father John Greatbatch was an Anglican vicar for almost 30
years and had been serving at St Paul's Church in Charlestown, near St
Austell.
He is now Priest in Charge of Tavistock with Callington,
under the terms of an ordinariate set up by the Pope for disaffected
Church of England clergy.
Father Greatbatch said the move was something that he had thought about for many years.
The ordinariate is for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England.
It allows Anglicans opposed to issues including women
bishops, gay clergy and same-sex blessings to convert to Rome while
maintaining many of their traditions.