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Ordinariate

Pre- or pseudo-diocesan ecclesiastical structure

Summary

Pre- or pseudo-diocesan ecclesiastical structure

In the organisation of the Catholic Church and of the Anglican Communion an ordinariate is a pre- or pseudo-diocesan ecclesiastical structure, of geographical or personal nature, headed by an ordinary who is not necessarily a bishop.

An ordinariate can be:

  • an ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rites in one or more countries (for Catholics of Armenian or Byzantine rite, usually)
  • a military ordinariate, for the troops of a nation
  • a personal ordinariate, also known as an Anglican ordinariate (a Catholic jurisdiction for those of the Anglican patrimony)
  • a missionary jurisdiction, the Eastern Catholic equivalent of an apostolic prefecture, e.g. the former Ordinariate of Asmara
  • the diocesan curia (in German use [Ordinariat], cf. English chancery)
  • an ordinariate for an academic community, notably the former Ordinariate for foreign students in Belgium

References

References

  1. See, for example, the [http://www.anglican.ca/amo/ Anglican Military Ordinariate in Canada].
  2. ... we are learning to call them the 'Anglican ordinariates'" - Aidan Nichols in Andrew Burnham, ''Heaven and Earth in Little Space'' (Canterbury Press Norwich 2010 {{ISBN. 978-1-84825-005-5), p. xv
  3. (11 November 2021). "Pillar Horse Race".
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