He may no longer have the obligations or the privileges to function as a cleric, but nevertheless he remains a cleric. Commonly, this practice is called ...

As such, when a priest who has been excommunicated is received back into the Church, he is not re-ordained, because his ordination can never be undone.

12 нояб. 2009 г. · This means that practically speaking, while a priest can receive permission to leave the active priesthood, he frequently will not receive ...

10 мая 2017 г. · If a Catholic priest leaves his priesthood and marries a woman, he is automatically excommunicated. Does the Catholic Church recognize his marriage?

7 июн. 2024 г. · Yep. Holy Orders is irrevocable. When a priest is laicized or defrocked, he is forbidden from exercising his priestly authority.

18 июл. 2023 г. · Under Roman Catholic doctrine, a man who leaves the priesthood is automatically excommunicated unless he has received the Vatican's approval.

In the Catholic Church, a bishop, priest, or deacon may be dismissed from the clerical state as a penalty for certain grave offences, or by a papal decree ...

20 апр. 2023 г. · If a diocesan priest is laicized, and later wants to return to ministry as a diocesan priest, the diocesan bishop has to agree to take him back.

20 нояб. 2019 г. · This means every priest who leaves the church to marry is breaking canon law and breaking his vows. The only way to be released from the vow of ...