Another Anglican Lay-Bishop Has Become Catholic



John Ford, 73, a retired Anglican bishop, was received into the Church on 30 November 2025, the First Sunday of Advent. The news was made public by Gavin Ashenden, a former Anglican priest and former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, who has himself been received into the Catholic Church.

Ford is married to Bridget. They have three children.

He previously served as Bishop of Plymouth in the Church of England from 2005 to 2013 and later as Bishop of The Murray in the Anglican Church of Australia. He retired from episcopal ministry in 2019.

At the time of his reception into the Catholic Church, he held no active ecclesiastical office


May God protect him from the heresies of the Vatican.


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