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If you consult the Wikipedia entry on Apostolicae Curae you will see that in some cases the participation by Old Catholic (and I have heard, also Orthodox) bishops in some Anglican ordinations acted to revive the sacramental line for some Anglican clerics such that an examination of the Anglican priest’s ordination lineage would be required to answer the question. Most notably Cardinal Hume ordained the former Anglican Bishop of London, Graham Leonard, conditionally given the lineage examination.

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Yes but...how about those men who have received valid orders from validly consecrated bishops? This is a phenomenon that rose after Pope Leo’s decree.

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