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The Rt. Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican bishop of Rochester, England. / michaelnazirali.com.Oxford, England, Oct 14, 2021 / 03:55 am (CNA).A prominent Anglican bishop once considered a potential future Archbishop of Canterbury has entered into full communion with the Catholic Church.The Rt. Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former bishop of Rochester, England, has joined the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, The Spectator reported on Oct. 14.The magazine said that Nazir-Ali could be ordained as a Catholic priest as early as next month within the ordinariate, a body created by Benedict XVI in 2011 for groups of former Anglicans wishing to preserve elements of their patrimony.In an Oct. 14 statement, the ordinariate said that Nazir-Ali was received into full communion by the group s Ordinary, Msgr. Keith Newton, on Sept. 29, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels."With the permission of the Holy See, he will be ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the ordin.
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