One of Britain's best known Anglican bishops has converted to Catholicism after accusing the Church of England of 'jumping onto faddish bandwagons'. Michael Nazir-Ali, who was the Bishop of Rochester from 1994 until 2009, claimed his move was 'about belonging to a church where there is clear teaching for the faithful'. The married father-of-two could now be ordained as a Catholic priest as early as next month having said he considered the switch across denominations 'for some years'. Dr Nazir-Ali had accused the CofE of 'jumping onto every faddish bandwagon about identity politics, cultural correctness and mea culpas about Britain's imperial past'. The 72-year-old has now been joined the Catholic Ordinariate, set up in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI to allow Anglicans to enter into the full communion of Catholic Church. He was received by Monsignor Keith Newton and will be ordained to the Catholic priesthood for the Ordinariate in due course, with the permission of the Holy See. Pictured: Dr Nazir-Ali with his wife Valerie (top right) and with the Queen in 1998 (bottom right). Mail.
