Ordinations
General Information
Roman Catholic Womenpriests maintain that women’s ordinations are valid but illicit (against Canon Law 1024). Our first bishops were ordained by a male bishop in apostolic succession.
Statement on Apostolic Succession
The ordinations of Roman Catholic Womenpriests are valid because of our apostolic succession within the Roman Catholic Church. The principal consecrating Roman Catholic male bishops who ordained our first women bishops are bishops with apostolic succession within the Roman Catholic Church. Therefore, our bishops validly ordain deacons, priests and bishops. Consequently, all qualified candidates, including baptized ministers and priests from other Christian traditions, who are presented to our bishops for ordination are ordained by the laying on of hands in apostolic succession in the Roman Catholic Church. The ordination rite has all the same essential parts as the rite used for male candidates and deacon
2023-2024 Ordinations
If you wish to inquire about an ordination —
please contact the administrator in the regional area where the ordination is to take place.
One can find these contacts on the Contact Us section of this website.
January 20, 2024
Priest Ordination
St. Helena, California
January 27, 2024
Priest Ordination
San Diego, California
May 4, 2023
Priest Ordination
Morristown, New Jersey
May 25, 2024
Deacon Ordination
Seattle, Washington
Other Ordinations TBA
HIGHLIGHTS
of
Ordination to the Priesthood
Dianne Willman was ordained a priest on January 19, 2019
South Africa
(Presiding bishop was Patricia Fresen)
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