Former Episcopal Bishop Lipscomb Now a Catholic Priest

Father John Lipscomb was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida who became a Catholic in 2007. He was ordained a Catholic Priest last week.
By John Barry
12/9/2009
Tampabay.com/St. Petersburg Times

LUTZ — John Lipscomb, the married, 59-year-old former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, was ordained a Catholic priest Wednesday.

The morning after, he expressed joy and a sense of relief. He's at peace, spiritually. He's just a priest now. He's not the boss.

"The part of the job that never fit was sitting in judgment of other people's lives," he said. "I'm at a point in my life where I want to do the things God called me to do, and not have to make the kinds of decisions that are impossible to make anyway."

"We're happy that John has found his place," said Jim DeLa, the Episcopal Diocese's director of communications. "If this is it for him, God bless him." the rest