Catholic News Service reports:
Father [Jeffrey] Steenson will be installed as the ordinary Feb. 19 in Houston. Because he is married, the 59-year-old Father Steenson will not be ordained a bishop and will not be able to ordain priests. He will, however, otherwise function as a bishop and will be a voting member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, making him the only married member of that body.
… Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston called Father Steenson “a wise and prudent administrator who will bring a vibrant intellect and humility to his role as head of the ordinariate.”
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
