Anglican Bishop’s Wife Becomes Catholic


Dublin, Oct. 15, 2007 (CWNews.com) -
The wife of an Irish Anglican bishop has entered the Roman Catholic Church, withher husband’s public support.Anita Henderson was received into the Catholic Church by Bishop John Fleming of Killala. Her husband, Bishop Richard Henderson of the Church of Ireland, attended the ceremony.The two bishops, Catholic and
Anglican, issued a joint statement after the ceremony, indicating that Anita Henderson’s religious affiliation was a matter of private conscience that “deserves the respect of us all.”"This is a time of unprecedented hospitality, friendship, and collaboration between our local churches,” the joint statement continued. The bishop said that ecumenical advances have helped make believers “increasingly aware of how much we have in common, and yet how distinctive the different traditions remain; how much in their variety they are especially suited to some, but not to others.”

I seem to recall in England there was an Anglican priest and his wife (also a minister) that went through this sort of situation the other way - he became Catholic and was ordained a priest… She remained a CofE minister…

Keep them in your prayers… Perhaps Bp. Henderson is on the same road himself.

H/T: Byzantine, TX

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One Response to “Anglican Bishop’s Wife Becomes Catholic”

  1. Tom in Vegas Says:
    October 29, 2007 at 12:17 am

    I did hear about the minister’s wife’s conversion. I was equally pleased by her transition and by his acceptance of it. Kudos to both!

    I just hope this change and the subsequent public discussions about it hasn’t placed an unduly burden on their lives.

    Tom

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