Ordination of former Protestant ministers, outside the Pastoral Provision

[Digitonomy]

By what means, or under what policy, are Lutheran or other Protestant ministers ordained to the priesthood. Apparently the Pastoral Provision itself is limited to Episcopalians, so I assume a new or supplemental policy has also been put in place.

The ordination of married men is an exception granted on a case by case basis to former clergymen of the Episcopal Church (an exception now also extended to non-Episcopal ministers, although not through the “Pastoral Provision.)
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Would the policy also apply to pseudo-Catholic denominations like the Imani Temple, which have sacraments of very dubious validity?

 

[bpbasilphx]

I would imagine that one would first work through the parish priest and diocesan bishop.

 

[Aramis]

By what means, or under what policy, are Lutheran or other Protestant ministers ordained to the priesthood. Apparently the Pastoral Provision itself is limited to Episcopalians, so I assume a new or supplemental policy has also been put in place.Would the policy also apply to pseudo-Catholic denominations like the Imani Temple, which have sacraments of very dubious validity?

Based upon Rev. Fr. Scott Medlock’s road (He was a Methodist), the Bishop’s discretion is sufficient for the diaconate, and then the Bishop applied to Rome for permission to ordain him a priest. It took a while, but he’s been a priest for many years now.

 

[Digitonomy]

I would imagine that one would first work through the parish priest and diocesan bishop.

That seems likely, but in the case of the Pastoral Provision, there are guidelines and a standard procedure, and even an Ecclesiastical Delegate for the Pastoral Provision.

I was assuming there must be a somewhat standardized procedure, instead of a completely ad hoc one for every candidate, to make sure all the ducks are in a row prior to ordination.

 

[otjm]

I don’t know what the process is, other than it takes several years, and it goes through Rome. The only one I am aware of in our Archdiocese was a Presbyterian prior to converting. He makes a great priest.