Can a divorced Roman Catholic be a king/queen?

Question

If a person becomes a Roman Catholic after marriage, after he/she divorced, can he/she be a king or queen?

Answer 1

Absolutely not.  This is how William is to be the King when his grandmother passes away.  Charles basically blew it.  I think William will be better anyway than his father, however Charles does good things but just not the kind you want to represent the family.  

Long live the Queen!

Answer 2

In Britain, a Catholic can not become a king or queen. this was established round about the 17th century i think, after the stuart reign and they decided no more catholic monarchs. This was after all the problems of henry breaking from the church in the 1500s and setting up the protestant faith. You had his daughter mary re-establish catholicism for a while but then elizabeth took over and things changed, there was issues after her death as she left no heir. This is how the stuarts got the throne if im correct but like i said after there dreadful reign there was not to be another catholic monarchy.

Answer 3

Which monarchy are you referring to?In the UK,no Catholic can be regent.

For other monarchies,as long as the divorcee stays unmarried,there is no problem.

Prince Felipe of Spain's wife is an exception;her marriage was not bound by CANON LAW. In the Catholic Church(I am Catholic and went through 17 years' of training in doctrine),if a person does not enter their marriage in a Church doctrine,such as a baptismal certificate,where all the sacraments of the church received are to be entered,the marriage is not sanctified and annulments are easy to attain.Letizia's  civil marriage was very brief,so brief that the Church did not think it necessary for her to get an annulment-in Church eyes,the marriage was not valid.

And ac: Camilla Parker Bowles is not and never has been a Catholic;her ex-husband was Catholic.Camilla is Church of England.

Answer 4

that would depend on the royal house

in the uk no as a catholic would not become head of the church of england

however if it was spain which is a catholic country then the answer would be a matter for their constitutional laws and protocols

Answer 5

That person would have to renounce Catholicism or have remained the non-Catholic religion they were baptized to become a king/queen or member of the royal family. Catholics are barred from the throne.

Any member of the royal family who marries a Catholic must be removed from the line of succession. Legally, according to the Act of Settlement 1701 (still in effect today), Peter Phillips would've relinquished his place in line when he married Autumn Kelly... but she converted and became Anglican instead.

The Act of Settlement 1701 changed the normal laws of inheritance and barred Catholics from ascending the throne and even being a part of the Royal family. It all started with the father of Queen Anne, who was James II of England (and James the seventh of Scotland).

He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland before it became Great Britain. Many of his subjects distrusted his religious policies and autocratic tendencies, and  he was deposed in what is referred to as the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He was replaced by his eldest daughter Mary and her husband (and first cousin) William of Orange. They reigned as William III and Mary II, the only occurrence of co-Sovereigns in the country's history. Both were Protestant.

Their reign marked the beginning of the transition from the personal rule of the Stuarts to the more Parliament-centered rule of the House of Hanover.

After the death of William (Mary predeceased him), the throne passed to Mary's younger sister Anne. Mary never had children, and Anne would face the same fate. Enter Sophia, Electress of Hanover.

Sophia was the daughter of Frederick V of the House of Wittelsbach and Elizabeth Stuart. Sophia's mother was a daughter of James 6th of Scotland (also James I of England). With the Act of Settlement, Sophia  was deemed the next in line for the crown because she was the nearest Protestant yet Stuart relative of William III. Catholics were looked upon with fear and suspicion and no one wanted an absolute Catholic reign again. This is why genealogically senior family members were passed by for Sophia, their Catholicism posing a problem.  

Answer 6

Under the State Act of Sectarianism known as the Act of Settlement, Roman Catholics  in isolation, are barred from the line of succession. The Act, which has never been tested in a Court of Law is expected in the near future to be referred to the Court of Human Rights. In an age where discrimination is illegal on grounds of race, sexual orientation, age etc., it beggars belief that this Act is still in force. Constitutionally, the Sovereign is required to be a communicating member of the Church of England, however, there are several members of the Royal Family who have converted to Roman Catholicism including The Duchess of Kent, some of her children and also Princess Michael of Kent. Whilst the Duchess of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent are not in line to the Throne, this is inconsequential, however, the children of the Duke and Duchess of Kent who have become Roman Catholics were automatically barred from their previous rights.

Answer 7

NO THATS ONE OF HTE REASONS WHY CHARLES NEW WIFE WILL NEVER BE QUEEN,

considerign the queen right now is church of england i cant see the current queen handign over the religion of the country to an RC

Answer 8

King Juan Carlos of Spain,is a catholic but,not divorced.The answer to the question is yes.The monarchy is hereditary and religion non specific.If you are refering to the U.K however,the answer is no.The Duchess of Cornwall,is NOT a catholic.

Answer 9

If a British Royal marries a Roman Catholic, he or she looses his/her place in the line of succession.  Although Edward VIII give up his throne for the woman he loved, a twice-divorced American, no customs or laws currently prevent a divorcee from becoming Queen in fact if not in name.  

Now in answer to your question: Camilla Parker Bowles is by law the Princess of Wales, even if she chooses to go by the title the Duchess of Cornwall; moreover, she is an Anglican rather than a Roman Catholic, even though her first marriage was to a Roman Catholic, and she raised her children in the Roman Catholic faith.  However, if Camilla wants the title of Queen Consort after Charles ascends to the English throne, Queen Camilla is precisely what she will be called.

Incidentally, Prince Felipe, the heir apparent to the Spanish throne and a Roman Catholic, married a divorcee, Letizia Ortiz, in May 2004.  

P. S. The Act of Settlement in 1701 excluded Roman Catholics from succession to the British throne.

Answer 10

Not in Britain