Bishop to lead British ordinariate of former Anglicans
April 29, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Msgr. Keith Newton, 72, as Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, the ecclesial structure in Great Britain that ministers to former Anglicans who have entered the Catholic Church.
The Pope named Father David Waller, a former Anglican who is now the vicar general of the Ordinariate, as his successor. Father Waller will be ordained a bishop.
Msgr. Newton, a former Anglican bishop, was ordained to the Catholic priesthood but was not eligible for ordination to the episcopate because he is married. He welcomed the appointment of his successor.
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