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

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in the

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of the

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immediately exempt, being directly subject to the

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. It is within the territory of the

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, of which its ordinary is a member, and also encompasses Scotland. It was established on 15 January 2011 for groups of former

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in England and Wales in accordance with the apostolic constitution ''Anglicanorum coetibus'' of

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. 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". The ordinariate was placed under the title of

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and under the patronage of

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, a former Anglican himself.

History

Background

The apostolic constitution that allows for the institution of personal ordinariates for Anglicans who join the Roman Catholic Church was released on 9 November 2009, after being announced on 20 October 2009 by Cardinal

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at a press conference in Rome.

Anglican responses

The Bishop of Lincoln,

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, said that "I can't judge the motives behind it he offer but the way it was done doesn't sit easily with all of the talk about working towards better relations" and that "Fence mending will need to be done to set conversations back on track." Roman Catholic clergy who were present at an ecumenical service at

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for the

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were reported as being "dismayed" by the sermon by Canon

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, which included comments that the ordinariate had a "slightly predatory feel" and that "In corporate terms,

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a little like a takeover bid in some broader power play of church politics." Bishop Christopher Hill, the chairman of the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity, later described the erection of the ordinariate as an "insensitive act".

Formation

In October 2010, the parochial church council of St Peter's Church in Folkestone became the first Church of England parochial group to formally begin the process of joining the Roman Catholic Church. On 8 November 2010, three serving and two retired bishops of the

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announced their intention to join the Roman Catholic Church. The serving bishops were

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s Bishop Andrew Burnham of Ebbsfleet, Bishop Keith Newton of Richborough, and Bishop

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of Fulham. The retired bishops were

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, formerly Bishop of Richborough, and David Silk, formerly Bishop of Ballarat in Australia and an honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of Exeter. The

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, announced that he had with regret accepted the resignations of Bishops Burnham and Newton. In the following week, the

considered the proposed ordinariate and gave assurances of a warm welcome for those who wish to be part of it. On 1 January 2011, Broadhurst, Burnham and Newton (together with their wives, apart from Burnham whose wife is Jewish), three former Anglican nuns of a convent at Walsingham and former members of 20 different Anglican parishes, were received into the Roman Catholic Church. The first personal ordinariate, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, within the territory of the

, was established on 15 January 2011 with Keith Newton appointed as the first Ordinary. About half the St Peter's Parish, Folkestone (mentioned above), including their priest, were received into the ordinariate on 9 March 2011, along with 600 other Anglicans, largely from south-east England, with six groups from the

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diocese. The "ordinariate groups", numbering approximately 900 members, entered the ordinariate at Easter 2011, thereby becoming Roman Catholics. Initially, 61 Anglican priests were expected to be received, but some subsequently withdrew, remaining in the Church of England. John Hunwicke, who joined the ordinariate, had his reordination "deferred" owing to unspecified comments allegedly made by him on his Internet blog site, but was subsequently ordained to the Catholic presbyterate. In 2012,

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, a former bishop in both the Anglican Communion and the

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, was received into the ordinariate and ordained on 27 March 2012 by Bishop

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in the

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. In 2013, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham became the first ordinariate to have a married layman on his way to priesthood. In 2014, Monsignor Keith Newton, the ordinary, admitted that the ordinariate had not grown as much as was hoped. It had not yet aroused broad interest among Anglican clergy, who had not welcomed it. To revive interest among Anglican upholders of traditional Christian doctrine, the ordinariate's members, he suggested, should "communicate our message more fully and with more vigour and enthusiasm". In 2017, Simon Beveridge and another former Anglican military chaplain (Royal Navy/Commando Royal Marines and the Army) were ordained into the priesthood in Scotland under the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. In 2018, eight men were ordained into the priesthood under the Walsingham Ordinariate.

Religious

In 2010, three nuns from the

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joined the personal ordinariate. The two former SSM sisters formed the Marian Servants of the Incarnation (MSI) and hold private vows. On 12 December 2012, it was announced that 11 religious sisters from the

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(CSMV) intended to join the ordinariate. On 1 January 2013, the eleven sisters of the CSMV were received into the Roman Catholic Church at the Oxford Oratory of St Aloysius Gonzaga and, with a former SSM sister from Walsingham who had been one of the first members of the ordinariate, were erected as the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary (SBVM), a new

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within the ordinariate following the Rule of St Benedict.

Financial difficulties

The ordinariate experienced what was described as "a tough first year". Writing in the Roman Catholic magazine ''

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'', Keith Newton said that the group was struggling financially. He expressed disappointment "that so many who said that they were heading in the same direction did not follow" and failed to join the ordinariate as expected. In April 2012, Pope Benedict XVI donated $250,000 to the ordinariate to help support its clergy and work.

Church buildings

Catholic church buildings throughout England, Scotland and Wales are used by the ordinariate alongside the established congregations. The

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in Warwick Street,

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, which belongs to the

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, was designated for the ordinariate's exclusive use from Lent in 2013. Also in 2013, the Church of the Most Precious Blood in

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was placed in the care of the ordinariate by the

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. It was previously a

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parish. In 2017, the ordinariate established its first ever parish in

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, Our Lady of Walsingham and St Cuthbert Mayne Church. The church is a former Methodist chapel. St Agatha's Church in

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, Portsmouth, was part of the

before being used by the ordinariate. The use of Church of England buildings by the ordinariate requires permission from the relevant Anglican bishop; permission has been denied in at least one case.

Ordinary

Monsignor Keith Newton, the former Anglican Bishop of Richborough, was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood and on 15 January 2011 was appointed the first ordinary. As he is married, he is not permitted to receive

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in the Roman Catholic Church. On 17 March 2011, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the rank of

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(the highest rank of

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Liturgical calendar

The proper liturgical calendar of the ordinariate was approved by the

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on 15 February 2012. In the main, it is identical with the current

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liturgical calendar of the dioceses of England and Wales, but it has retained some elements that form part of the Anglican patrimony. In the Proper of Time: * Ember Days are observed on the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the First Sunday of Lent, Pentecost (Whit-Sunday),

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and the First Sunday of Advent. *

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are observed on the three days following the Sixth Sunday of Easter. * In the week between

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and

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, elements of the former

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are fostered: while the readings of the

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weekday are retained, the Mass propers and use of red as the liturgical colour "may sustain the themes of Pentecost". Also: * 12 January – Saint Benedict Biscop, abbot – optional memorial (EW) * 12 January: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx – Optional Memorial (eW) * 13 January – Saint Kentigern (Mungo), bishop – optional memorial (EW) * 1 February – Saint Brigid of Kildare, abbess – optional memorial (EW) * 4 February –

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, religious – optional memorial (EW) * 5 March –

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, abbot – optional memorial (EW) * 17 March:

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, bishop – Feast (eW) * 16 April – Saint Magnus of Orkney, martyr – optional memorial (EW) * 19 April – Saint Alphege, bishop and martyr – optional memorial (EW) * 23 April –

Saint George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

, martyr – Solemnity (eW) * 24 April – Saint Mellitus, bishop – optional memorial (EW) * 24 April – Saint Adalbert, bishop and martyr - optional Memorial (eW) * 4 May – The English Martyrs – Feast (eW) * 6 May – Saint John the Apostle in Eastertide – optional memorial (EW) * 21 May –

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or Saint Godric of Finchale, religious – optional memorial (EW) * 23 May –

Saint Petroc Saint Petroc or Petrock ( lat-med, Petrocus; cy, Pedrog; french: link=no, Perreux; ) was a British prince and Christian saint. Probably born in South Wales, he primarily ministered to the Britons of Devon (Dewnans) and Cornwall (Kernow) then f ...

, abbot – optional memorial (EW) * 24 May –

Saint Aldhelm Aldhelm ( ang, Ealdhelm, la, Aldhelmus Malmesberiensis) (c. 63925 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, and a writer and scholar of Latin poetry, was born before the middle of the 7th century. He is said to have been the s ...

, bishop – optional memorial (EW) * 25 May – Saint Bede the Venerable, priest and doctor – Memorial (eW) * 27 May –

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, bishop – Feast (eW) * 28 May – Saint Gregory VII, pope or Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin – Optional Memorial (EW) * 9 June –

Saint Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

, abbot – Optional Memorial (eW) * 16 June – Saint Richard of Chichester, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 22 June – Saints

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, bishop and

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, martyrs – Feast (eW) * 15 July –

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, bishop and Doctor of the Church; or Saint Swithun, bishop - optional memorials (EW) * 16 July –

Saint Osmund Osmund (died 3 December 1099), Count of Sées, was a Norman noble and clergyman. Following the Norman conquest of England, he served as Lord Chancellor (–1078) and as the second bishop of Salisbury, or Old Sarum. Life Osmund, a native o ...

, bishop – optional memorials (EW) * 20 July –

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, martyr – optional memorial (EW) * 5 August – Saint Oswald, martyr – optional memorial (EW) * 26 August – Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God Barberi, priest – Optional Memorial (eW) * 30 August – Saints

Margaret Clitherow Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, known as "the Pearl of York". She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was c ...

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and

Margaret Ward Margaret Ward (c. 1550-30 August 1588), the "pearl of Tyburn", was an English Roman Catholic Church, Catholic martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I for assisting a Clergy, priest to escape from prison ...

, martyrs – Optional Memorial (eW) * 31 August –

Saint Aidan Aidan of Lindisfarne ( ga, Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindis ...

, bishop and the Saints of

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– Optional Memorial (eW) * 3 September –

Saint Gregory the Great Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregoria ...

, pope and doctor – Feast (eW) * 4 September –

Saint Cuthbert Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( – 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Nor ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 17 September –

Saint Ninian Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedication ...

, bishop or

Saint Edith of Wilton Edith of Wilton ( – 16 September 984) was an English nun, saint, and the only daughter of Edgar, King of England (r. 959–975), and Saint Wulfthryth, who later became abbess of Wilton Abbey. Edgar most likely abducted Wulfthryth from Wilto ...

, religious – optional memorials (EW) * 19 September – Saint Theodore of Canterbury, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 24 September –

– solemnity (EW) * 3 October – Saint Thomas of Hereford, bishop – optional memorial (EW) * 8 October – Saint Denis and companions, martyrs or Saint John Leonardi, priest – Optional Memorial (9 October in the General Calendar) (EW) * 9 October – Saint John Henry Newman, priest, patron of the ordinariate – feast (EW) * 10 October – Saint Paulinus of York, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 11 October – Saint Ethelburga, abbess – optional memorial (EW) * 12 October –

Saint Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 13 October – Saint Edward the Confessor – Optional Memorial (eW) * 19 October – Saint Frideswide, abbess – optional memorial (EW) * 26 October – Saints

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and

Cedd Cedd ( la, Cedda, Ceddus; 620 – 26 October 664) was an Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop from the Kingdom of Northumbria. He was an evangelist of the Middle Angles and East Saxons in England and a significant participant in the Synod of Whitby, a ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 7 November –

Saint Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg. Early life His fath ...

, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 8 November – All Saints of England – feast (E) * 8 November – All Saints of Wales – feast (w) * 16 November – Saint Edmund of Abingdon, bishop – Optional Memorial (eW) * 17 November –

Saint Hilda Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby (c. 614 – 680) was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon Engla ...

, abbess or Saint Hugh of Lincoln, bishop or

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Elizabeth of Hungary (german: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, hu, Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, sk, Svätá Alžbeta Uhorská; 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231), also known as Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia, or Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia, ...

– Optional Memorial (eW) * 20 November – Saint Edmund, martyr – optional memorial (EW) * 1 December – Saint Edmund Campion, priest and martyr – memorial (EW)

Friends of the Ordinariate

Soon after the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was established in 2011, a group of lay Catholics founded a separate charity, called the Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, to assist the work and mission of the ordinariate by providing both practical and financial support. The Friends of the Ordinariate, as it is commonly called, was also established in order to raise awareness of the ordinariate's life and mission within the wider Catholic community. The ordinary, Mgr Keith Newton, is the organisation's president. The current chairman is Nicolas Ollivant. Honorary vice presidents include

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;

Matthew Festing Fra' Robert Matthew Festing GCStJ OBE TD DL (30 November 1949 – 12 November 2021) was an English Roman Catholic official who was the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation on 28 Ja ...

(Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta); Charles Moore;

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; The Countess of Oxford and Asquith;

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and

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References

External links

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham website

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Documents about Personal Ordinariates
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