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Anglican clergy still crossing Tiber after big conversion waves

More than 700 Anglican clergy and religious have become Catholic since 1992, including 16 Anglican bishops.

Luke Coppen
Nov 21, 2025
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Anglican clergy are continuing to join the Catholic Church in the U.K. following spikes in receptions in 1994 and 2011, according to a new study.

Members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham are ordained Catholic priests at Westminster Cathedral in London, England. © Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk.

The 24-page report “Convert Clergy in the C…

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