How easy would it be for a married Permanent Deacon to transfer rite in order to be ordained a priest?

-- question (quetion@question.ie), July 05, 2004

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-- bump (bump@bump.bp), July 05, 2004.

Probably pretty difficult. Rome frowns on this sort of thing entirely. You may get the change of enrollment but it will probably be marked "May not be ordained a priest." We've had a few cases like that in the past in my own Eparchy.

Sorry.

-- Fr. Mike Skrocki, JCD (abounamike@aol.com), July 05, 2004.

Padre, Would it be accurate to say that a calling to the diaconate and a calling to the priesthood are considered seperate.

I know of one deacon who was (after the death of his wife) later ordained to the priesthood.

I was told that this was a rare exception.

Just, wondering what you thought.

God bless,

-- john placette (jplacette@catholic.org), July 06, 2004.