I have heard on the grapevine that five former Anglican bishops, their wives and three former Anglican nuns from Walshingham are to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Chuch at 12.30pm tomorrow, New Years Day, at Westminster Cathedral.
I presume that the former bishops concerned (and their former dioceses) are: Andrew Burnham (Ebbsfleet), Keith Newton (Richborough), John Broadhurst (Fulham), Edwin Barnes (assistant bishop, Winchester) and David Silk (assistant bishop, Exeter).
This will be the first step on the road to the eventual establishment of the Ordinariate for former Anglicans who wish to be in full communion with the Catholic Church.
Several other blogs have confirmed it (tip: reader P.K.T.P.).
(UPDATE by CAP 1/2/11: The formerly FiF-affiliated C of E "flying bishops" John Broadhurst, Andrew Burnham and Keith Newton, three nuns from the Anglican shrine in Walsingham and the wives of two of the former C of E bishops were received into the Church at the 12:30 P.M. Mass in Westminster Cathedral on January 1, 2010. See Three ex-Anglican bishops are received into full communion and First Anglicans are received into the Roman Catholic Church in historic service. Further articles can be found on blogs such as Caritas in Veritate, The Anglo-Catholic, English Catholic, De Cura Animarum, and Valle Adurni.)
(UPDATE by CAP 1/2/11: The formerly FiF-affiliated C of E "flying bishops" John Broadhurst, Andrew Burnham and Keith Newton, three nuns from the Anglican shrine in Walsingham and the wives of two of the former C of E bishops were received into the Church at the 12:30 P.M. Mass in Westminster Cathedral on January 1, 2010. See Three ex-Anglican bishops are received into full communion and First Anglicans are received into the Roman Catholic Church in historic service. Further articles can be found on blogs such as Caritas in Veritate, The Anglo-Catholic, English Catholic, De Cura Animarum, and Valle Adurni.)
