The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter

On January 1, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI established the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter for those groups of Anglicans in the United States who seek to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. This is the second Ordinariate created in light of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, the first having been created for England and Wales on Jan. 15, 2011. The Pope’s gracious response represents an important and exciting new step along the difficult path toward Christian unity.

From Portugal, land of Saint Mary, we grateful our Lord for our american brothers and sisters and we pray for them and for all true disciples of Anglia Ecclesia that in their heart search Our Lord Jesus Christ and being in full communion with his Vicar the Holy Father.