Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in England and Wales

Ordinariatus Personalis
Dominae Nostrae Valsinghamensis in Anglia et Cambria
Coat of arms
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
TerritoryGreat Britain
Statistics
Parishes36 [1]
Congregations57[1]
Members1950 (2021)[1]
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteAnglican Use of the Roman Rite
Established15 January 2011
PatronSaint John Henry Newman
Secular priests97[1]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDavid Waller
Episcopal Vicars
  • Christopher Lindlar
  • Michael Halsall
Bishops emeritusKeith Newton
Website
ordinariate.org.uk

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in England and Wales is a personal ordinariate in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church immediately exempt, being directly subject to the Holy See. It is within the territory of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, of which its ordinary is a member, and also encompasses Scotland.[2] It was established on 15 January 2011 for groups of former Anglicans in England and Wales in accordance with the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum coetibus of Pope Benedict XVI,[3] which was supplemented with the Complementary Norms of Pope Francis in 2013.[4]

The personal ordinariate is set up in such a way that "corporate reunion" of former Anglicans with the Catholic Church is possible while also preserving elements of a "distinctive Anglican patrimony".[5] The Liturgy used is the Divine Worship: The Missal (2015, 2020), an adaption of the Roman Rite with Anglican elements. Each ordinariate has its own Liturgical Calendar. The ordinariate was placed under the title of Our Lady of Walsingham and under the patronage of Saint John Henry Newman, a former Anglican himself.

  1. ^ a b c d David M. Cheney. "Our Lady of Walsingham (Personal Ordinariate) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  2. ^ "Ordinariate welcomes first priest in Scotland". Independent Catholic News. July 28, 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham: History". Archived from the original on 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  4. ^ "Complementary Norms for the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ Barr, Robert (October 17, 2010). "Church of England bishop plans Catholic conversion". Boston Globe. Retrieved 1 March 2012.