Please explain this Scripture.....Bishops married?

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ComplineSanFran said:
They still have to support a family on a parish priest’s salary, which as stated earlier, is pittance.

And if priests have a family, then time must be allocated for them. One argument I hear on these boards is that priests must be celibate in order to do a good job caring for parishioners. Speaking as an Anglican, where most of our priests are married with families, they have learned (along with many other clergy) to do both. A challenge, but doable.
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Did I state anything that contradicts what you just said?
 
Duane1966 said:
They cannot be a pastor. An associate yes, but pastor no.
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The blogger Fr. Longenecker is a formerly Anglican priest, married with children. He is the pastor of his parish (not sure if he is officially installed as pastor, but he is certainly acting as one). He is not part of any Ordinariate.
 
QNDNNDQDCE said:
The blogger Fr. Longenecker is a formerly Anglican priest, married with children. He is the pastor of his parish (not sure if he is officially installed as pastor, but he is certainlyf acting as one). He is not part of any Ordinariate.
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I believe he was given some kind of allowance by his bishop, but it is not the norm, as shown by the Pastoral Provision website: pastoralprovision.org/faqs.htm
11. Do those ordained as married priests serve as pastors of parishes?
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Normally, they do not receive the cura animarum and are not pastors of parishes butserve in other apostolates of their individual diocese. Care is to be taken that confusion isnot caused among the faithful and the value of celibacy always be upheld. Married priestsare often assigned to a specialized ministry outside the parish setting. Examples wouldinclude serving as a hospital or prison chaplain.
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And as I have heard in several conversations, words to the effect:“Yeah, they (bishops) hide them, as if we are so dumb and blind that we don’t know they have been ordained. Apparently we are too stupid or ignorant to be able to deal with it (the ordination of a married priest).”

In our archdiocese, I am aware of two who converted and were ordained; one was a pastor in a parish in Portland (since died; and as an aside, was previously a Presbyterian), and the other, when I last saw him, was an assistant in a parish outside the Portland area, and previously Episcopalian. Both were married.

And no one I have met who knew either one had been confused, or lost any value of celibacy.
 
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