James Parker (priest)
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James Parker (born 22 October 1932, Charleston, South Carolina) is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He had earlier been a priest of the Anglican church before he converted to Catholicism. On June 28, 1982 he was formally ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church, with the approval of the pope. He thus became the first non-celibate priest to celebrate a Western rite Mass. He married Mary Alma Cole on July 28, 1953 and was ordained Episcopal Priest July 25, 1957
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- Gross, Ernie. This Day In Religion. New York:Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 1990. ISBN 1-55570-045-4.
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