Scandinavian Countries and Secularism/Atheism

[Doom]

Some Anglican priests and bishops might have valid holy orders, but realistically, it is probably close to impossible to trace, and it becomes even more difficult with women "priests" and now "bishops". It is a fair question whether pretending to ordain women completely obliterates apostolic succession for the entire church across the board or merely invalidates the specific woman who was "ordained"; it is not a question that will ever need an answer.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

How would it wipe out apostolic succession across the board?

[Doom]

How would it wipe out apostolic succession across the board?

By creating a gap, if you have enough female "bishops" for long enough, and soon every alleged line of succession for bishops will have a female bishoop in it.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Ok. The answer is that any male who can trace his ordination through men only back to someone with valid orders would have valid orders too, assuming a valid rite of ordination was used. That's on the theory that at least one co-consecrator with valid orders is enough to a ordain a bishop validly.