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Nearly one-third of Catholic priests ordained in England and Wales since 1992 are former Anglican clergy, highlighting significant contributions and challenges faced by converts.
- On Thursday, a report launched in London found roughly a third of Catholic priests ordained in England and Wales since 1992 are former Anglican clergy.
- Researchers point to the 1992 synod and later papal actions as linked to conversion spikes, with authors describing these as 'big waves' that drove clergy to full communion with Rome.
- About 700 clergy have been received since 1992, including 16 former Anglican bishops, two Continuing Anglican bishops, and nearly 500 ordained Catholic clerics.
- Researchers say convert clergy make a substantial ongoing contribution, but many face losses of income, pensions and housing, and ordination delays within diocesan and Ordinariate structures.
- Commissioned in 2019 by the St. Barnabas Society, the report used Monsignor John Broadhurst’s records and interviews with 36 converts, including three former bishops; its cover is dated Nov. 2025.
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