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PazzoGrande
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In the East, are there many more married priests than celibates?
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ciero
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“in the East” is quite a broad statement. Which Eastern church in particular are you asking about? Do you mean actual monks or just celibate parish priests? US or in the old country as well?
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Formosus
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I have heard that 2/3rds of the Ukrainian Catholic clergy in the United States are married men.
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ConstantineTG
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In our Eparchy I think its more or less 50/50.
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PazzoGrande
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Are these immigrant priests, or born in the US? I was under the impression that the US Eastern Churches tend not to ordain married men.
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ciero
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It would be a mix. Thank God our bishops are finally starting to ordain married men here in the US and Canada!
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WetCatechumen
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For the Ruthenians in the United States, we have not been allowed to ordain married men since 1929. No comment if a change is happening.
(Wait a couple of years.)So in the United States, there are very few married Ruthenian priests (I personally don’t know of any as in the Eparchy of Phoenix all the parishes are very far apart), but they’re all imported from the old country.
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ciero
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The Eparchy of Parma has a few native born married priests. his Grace John has had the guts to go ahead and ordain married men, it’s about time the other Ruthenian bishops did the same!For the Ruthenians in the United States, we have not been allowed to ordain married men since 1929. No comment if a change is happening.
So in the United States, there are very few married Ruthenian priests (I personally don’t know of any as in the Eparchy of Phoenix all the parishes are very far apart), but they’re all imported from the old country.
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Formosus
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I’d say a good number are not immigrants. The ugcc has been ignoring the “ban” against our tradition for quite some time.
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WetCatechumen
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I just looked it up! I thought that the deacon I know who is in seminary would be the first since 1929 but I was wrong! Joy! Two more deacons from our Eparchy (Phoenix) just started seminary to get ordained.
So Bishop Gerald is doing his job.
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Alexander_Roman
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Well, in “Eastern Canada” I understand that about 70% of our priests are married.
I pray for the day when the Latin Catholic Church will return to the tradition of the “good ol’ days” of theearly Church and allow for married priests (apart from the already present converts from Anglicanism, Lutheranism and from some other denominations whose married clergy convert and then receive ordination as married RC priests).
I think you RC folk will find that your Church will become transformed for the better as a result!
Alex
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