Friday, December 04, 2009

Former Episcopalian Bishop Ordained


John Lipscomb, formerly the Episcopalian bishop of  Southwest Florida, was ordained priest this week in Florida. Here's an article from the local press. I met John a few weeks ago when priests ordained under the pastoral provision all met in Tampa on retreat. We connected because he too was brought up as an Evangelical. His father was a Baptist preacher.  Both of us went through Anglicanism to the Catholic faith. John is married with two grown children. Congratulations John!

3 comments:

Whimsy said...

Congratulations!

For the Church, Father's ordination is more than a laginappe, but a real blessing!

Liesa Gonzalez said...

He goes to my parish! How cool is that? I dind't even know this until our pastor put it in this week's bulletin. He will be saying his first Mass next weekend at my church. Very, very awesome...

radio45 said...

Welcome! May God richly bless his ministry. He has already blessed us with his presence.