New U.S. Ordinariate

The new Anglican Ordinariate for the U.S. has been established (January 1), given an ordinary, and named! Fr. Jeffrey Steenson will serve as the first ordinary of the U.S. Anglican ordinariate which is currently already attracting 70 Episcopal priests, a few bishops, and a few parishes.

Fr. Jeffrey is already a Catholic priest, having converted from the Episcopal Church in 2007 and having been ordained in 2009. He is therefore  somewhat of an expert on the transition process, as he himself as lived it. Also of interest is the fact that he is married, which means that while he will be the head of the jurisdiction of the ordinariate in the U.S., he will not be ordained a bishop.