4. What is the role of former Anglican bishops?
\nA married former Anglican bishop is eligible to be appointed Ordinary. In such a case he is to be ordained a priest in the Catholic Church and then exercises pastoral and sacramental ministry within the Ordinariate with full jurisdictional authority.<\/p>\n
A former Anglican bishop who belongs to the Ordinariate may be invited to participate in the meetings of the Bishops’ Conference of the respective territory, with the equivalent statutes of a retired bishop.<\/p>\n
A former Anglican bishop who belongs to the Ordinariate and who has not been ordained in the Catholic Church, may request permission from the Holy See to use the insignia of the episcopal office.<\/p>\n
5. What is the role of former Anglican priests?
\nFormer Anglican priests who are married may be re-ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. “Those who have been previously ordained in the Catholic Church and subsequently have become Anglicans, may not exercise sacred ministry in the Ordinariate,” the constitution says. “Anglican clergy who are in irregular marriage situations may not be accepted for Holy Orders in the Ordinariate.”<\/p>\n