On Easter Day, 20th April 2025, The Reverend Robert McBride, a retired priest in the Diocese who held the Bishop’s Permission to Officiate informed Bishop Mead that he had, after much careful thought and prayer, decided to leave the communion of the Anglican Catholic Church and join the Roman Catholic Church. Fr McBride was received in Orders into the ACC in 2022.
Although it is always sad when someone leaves our Diocese this has been an amicable occurrence and Fr McBride remains a friend to the ACC and we wish him every blessing in his new home.