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Catholic Bishop 'Will Make Every Effort' To Ordain Married Men As Priests

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Belgian Bishop Johan Bonny plans to ordain married men as priests by 2028, risking excommunication and challenging Pope Leo XIV on centuries of doctrine.

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One bishop, saddened by the low number of vocations to the priesthood, proposed that married men should become priests in the future. The problem is that church regulations do not permit this.

Monsignor Johan Bonny, Belgian bishop of Antwerp, announced in a letter, published on Thursday 19 March, that he will order the priesthood of married men, while the Vatican does not allow it. With La Croix, the clergy invokes the "historical shortage" of the vocations of single men for the priesthood.

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La Croix broke the news in on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
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