News, Married father of four ordained as Catholic priest. (celibacy, church, bishop)

[JD59]

A married man was ordained as a Catholic priest in the southern German city of Regensburg this week in a rare exception to the church’s rules of celibacy for men of the cloth, the diocese reported.

Peter Kemmether, a 62-year-old father of four children, took part in the ceremony led by Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller on Tuesday evening in the Bavarian city.

Married father of four ordained as Catholic priest - The Local

[allen antrim]

Isn't this allowed, if one is already married and with children when he wants to become a priest? But I think the down side is that this one can only go so far up the hierarchy.

[Oakback]

Nothing unusual about this at all.

Many married priests. Usaully anglican converts and such.