Spain gets first married priest

Spain got its first married priest this weekend when a Canary Island bishop ordained an Anglican pastor as a Roman Catholic priest.

Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 - 10:26

Spain got its first married priest this weekend when a Canary Island bishop ordained an Anglican pastor as a Roman Catholic priest.

Zimbabwe-born Evans David Gliwitzki, who has two daughters aged 30 and 40, was ordained yesterday in the town of Laguna on the island of Tenerife by Bishop Felipe Fernandez, said the daily newspaper El Pais.

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