Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
Dominae Nostrae Valsinghamen(sis) in Anglia et Cambria
Personal ordinariate · Latin Church · Our Lady of Walsingham, United Kingdom
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is a Latin rite personal ordinariate for former Anglicans entering full communion with the Catholic Church in England, Wales and Scotland, erected on 15 January 2011 under Anglicanorum Coetibus. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and preserves elements of Anglican patrimony in its liturgy. Its principal church is Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London.
The see
- Rank
- Personal ordinariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 January 2011
- Latin
- Dominae Nostrae Valsinghamen(sis) in Anglia et Cambria
- Patron
- St John Henry Newman
- Annuario code
- 001000337
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,950
- Priests
- 97
- Catholics per priest
- 20
- Extent
- 151,156 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- David Waller
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London stands in Our Lady of Walsingham, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Within the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in England and Wales is a personal ordinariate that is immediately exempt, answering directly to the Holy See. It lies within the territory of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, whose membership includes its ordinary, and its reach also takes in Scotland.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].