Can a Catholic Lay Person Invalidly Ordained a Priest Consecrate the Bread and Wine

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Is a validly ordained Priest necessary for Salvation/the Consecration of the Bread and Wine into the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ?
 
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BlessedSacraments said:
into the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ?

Is a validly ordained Priest necessary for Salvation/the Consecration of the Bread and Wine into the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ?
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Valid Holy Orders are required to confect the Holy Eucharist.
 
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The Priest needs to be validly ordained. I don’t think he needs to be licitly ordained.
 
Anesti33 said:
No, and no.
A validly ordained priest is not necessary for salvation.
The essential sacrament of salvation is Baptism, which needs neither priest nor Catholic to administer.
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I don’t think you read the OP’s question right. The OP is asking if it’s possible for a lay person to confect the Eucharist.
 
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Anesti33:
No, and no.
A validly ordained priest is not necessary for salvation.
The essential sacrament of salvation is Baptism, which needs neither priest nor Catholic to administer.
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I don’t think you read the OP’s question right. The OP is asking if it’s possible for a lay person to confect the Eucharist.
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I believe the original title has been changed. When originally posted, the question included the word “salvation.”
 
What did you have in mind that would lead to an invalid ordination?

The Church’s sacraments usually enjoy the presumption of validity until there’s a reasonable question for investigation.
 
If they were in validly ordained, then no. Invalid simply means it didn’t happen.

If they were illicitly ordained, then yes.

Not getting into whether they should or what the Bishop has told them.
 
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No.
Orthodox priests are validly ordained, but others are not. Examples of supposed priests invalidly ordained are Old Polish Church clerics and women invalidly ordained as priests (a few in the West).
 
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mdgspencer said:
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Orthodox priests are validly ordained, but others are not. Examples of supposed priests invalidly ordained are Old Polish Church clerics and women invalidly ordained as priests (a few in the West).
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I have heard of the Old Catholic Church, I have heard of the Polish National Catholic Church, but I have never heard of the Old Polish Church!
 
—Sorry, I meant the Polish National Catholic Church. --my mistake.
 
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xamples of supposed priests invalidly ordained are Old Polish Church clerics
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If you mean the Polish National Church, the Vatican disagrees with you on the validity of their orders.

I’ve never heard of "Old Polish Church, and it doesn’t show in the couple of screens of search I checked.
 
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