Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
| Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Australia , Japan |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Immediate |
| Full professor | Carl Reid |
| Professor Emeritus | Harry Entwistle |
| founding | 2012 |
| surface | 7,692,030 km² |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Residents | 22,342,400 |
| Catholics | 2,000 |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 14th |
| Catholics per priest | 143 |
| rite | Anglican Use of the Roman Rite ; Roman rite allowed |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Principal Church of St. Ninian and St. Chad |
| address | Perth |
| Website | ordinariate.org.au |
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross ( Latin : Ordinariatus Personalis Nostrae Dominae a Cruce Australe , English : Personal Ordinariate of the Southern Cross ) is a diocesan-like institution of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia for believers and groups of Anglican people Tradition in full communion with the Catholic Church without giving up its particular Anglican heritage.
The personal ordinariate was established on June 15, 2012 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in coordination with the Australian Bishops' Conference according to the norms of Pope Benedict XVI. on November 4, 2009 enacted Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus established. The former Anglican Bishop Harry Entwistle , who converted to the Catholic Church and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on June 15, 2012, was appointed first full professor .
Under canon law , the personal ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is directly subordinate to the Holy See . St. Augustine of Canterbury was appointed patron saint .
The number of the faithful in the ordinariate is comparatively small, that of the priests is comparatively unusually large.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Erezione di Ordinariato Personale di Our Lady of the Southern Cross e nomina del primo Ordinario , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of June 15, 2012.
- ↑ Without episcopal ordination, as he is married and a celibacy dispensation for bishops is generally not granted: Press release of the Holy See, January 15, 2011, engl. ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )