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Hi Sue,
Such an incredible claim demands proof. Tell him to come up with
names and solid documentation instead of relying on rumors and hearsay.
The
pope is bishop of Rome by definition. Therefore, anyone elected pope would
have to be ordained a bishop as a matter of course. It may be that
some politicians, who were not priests, were elected pope (that's entirely
possible), but they accepted ordination before assuming office. It
is not necessary to be a priest, at all, before being consecrated bishop,
or becoming Pope.
Perhaps he's confusing people who never functioned
as priests but were elected as pope and, on that occasion, were consecrated
bishops, with someone who was never ordained, at all, and ruled as Pope.
Eric
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