Married archbishop excommunicated

Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the Zambian prelate who angered the Vatican by getting married, has been excommunicated for defying the Holy See by installing four married men as bishops, the Vatican said today.

Married archbishop excommunicated

Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the Zambian prelate who angered the Vatican by getting married, has been excommunicated for defying the Holy See by installing four married men as bishops, the Vatican said today.

The Vatican said Milingo was “automatically excommunicated” under church law for the ordination of the men a few days earlier.

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