Pope
Benedict XVI has elevated three priests of the Personal Ordinariate of
Our Lady of Walsingham to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness
(Monsignor).
Monsignor
Edwin Barnes, Monsignor Robert Mercer, and Monsignor David Silk, have
all received the honour from the Holy Father, recognising their former
ministry as Anglican bishops.
Mgr
Barnes and Mgr Silk were received and ordained via the Personal
Ordinariate in 2011, whilst Mgr Mercer was received and ordained in
2012.
The
Ordinary, Mgr Keith Newton, said “By establishing Personal
Ordinariates, Pope Benedict is seeking to be generous in making
provision for those Anglicans who wish to come into the full communion
of the Catholic Church. In every possible way he has sought to recognise
the fruitful Anglican ministry which we undertook before entering the
Catholic Church; this honour for these three distinguished men is a
further sign of our Holy Father’s love and warmth toward this project”.
The
announcement was made on Thursday morning as the clergy and the
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham met for their summer
plenary at Allen Hall, the diocesan seminary of the Archdiocese of
Westminster.
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