Blessed by a Non-Catholic Priest

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My cousin’s grandfather died a while ago and so we went to his funeral. There was a priest there that blessed our roasaries. My mom said that she didn’t think that he was a Catholic priest so I was wondering if my roasry would still be considered “blessed”.

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I don’t know what to tell you my friend. I looked your question up and couldn’t find an answer.
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If he was an Orthodox priest then it is valid. If it was an Anglican/Episcopalian or Lutheran minister, then it was not valid as those sects have no apostolic succession and therefore no priesthood.
 
Thank you for the answers. I don’t know what denomination he was from but I will just be safe and say that his blessing was not vaild. So only a priest with an apastolic succesion can give a valid blessing. I didn’t know that. 🙂
 
What made your mom think he was not a Catholic priest? Was the funeral not in a Catholic church?
 
Joannm said:
What made your mom think he was not a Catholic priest? Was the funeral not in a Catholic church?
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The funeral was in the cemetary and my mom said that it wasn’t a Catholic cemetary and the priest said that he was going to a hospital that wasn’t Catholic (I forgot what the name of the hospital was). He was dressed a little different too. 🙂
 
RedDuke50 said:
My cousin’s grandfather died a while ago and so we went to his funeral. There was a priest there that blessed our roasaries. My mom said that she didn’t think that he was a Catholic priest so I was wondering if my roasry would still be considered “blessed”.

Thank you
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on what did she base her opinion? I doubt very much clergy of other faiths would bless rosaries. Catholic priest may certainly officiate at a funeral in a non-Catholic cemetary, and may certainly visit patients in non-Catholic hospitals. Dressed different than what?
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not true. deacons may also bless religious articles, and do other blessings that are proper to their role
 
puzzleannie said:
on what did she base her opinion? I doubt very much clergy of other faiths would bless rosaries.
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You may be right in your suspicions. All my mother said was that she didn’t think that the place where he was being buried was Catholic and that he was going to a hospital or something that wasn’t Catholic. I thought that he was dressed different but I don’t see priests at funerals that often so that isn’t strong. I am just assuming that he wasn’t Catholic since I don’t know, for sure, that the place, or the priest, was Catholic. 🙂
 
RedDuke50 said:
My cousin’s grandfather died a while ago and so we went to his funeral. There was a priest there that blessed our roasaries. My mom said that she didn’t think that he was a Catholic priest so I was wondering if my roasry would still be considered “blessed”.

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usually only a Catholic Priest would bless rosaries, just to be sure, I would simply have them blessed again:)
 
What about if you dip the Rosary beads in Holy water at Church,would they be blessed then?
 
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