From Beliefnet-
You’ve probably heard about the married Episcopal priests who converted to the Roman Catholic Church — and now are serving as non-celibate Catholic priests.
So, what happens when a female member of the Anglican clergy turns Catholic? What do you call her?
A church member.
That’s Una Kroll’s title. After a lifetime of spiritual searching, which included 10 years as an Anglican priest, she shocked family and friends by giving up her ministry to become a Catholic. Recently she explained her move in the British magazine the Tablet.
She tells how in January 1997 she was ordained a priest in the Church of Wales by the Bishop of Monmouth. Several happy pastoral years followed, then “just before Advent 2008 I became a Roman Catholic, not on impulse but after at least five years of trying to discern God’s will…”
She writes that her parish priest exclaimed, “Why are you joining a Church whose Pope and Vatican leaders are resolutely opposed to women priests?”
She replied: “I’m sorry, but I have to.”
Read more:
http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/10/what-do-you-call-a-female-episcopal-priest-who-converts-to-roman-catholicism.php#ixzz1aNSs7Fp0
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