Personal Ordinariates

E259788

canonical structure of the Catholic Church particular church structure personal jurisdiction

Personal Ordinariates are canonical structures within the Roman Catholic Church that allow groups of former Anglicans to enter into full communion with Rome while preserving elements of their Anglican liturgical and spiritual heritage.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans	4
Ordinariate	1
Ordinariate Use	1
Personal Ordinariates canonical	1
Personal ordinariates for former Anglicans	1
personal ordinariate	1
personal ordinariates	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2364945 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Personal Ordinariates
Context triple: [Anglican Use, relatedTo, Personal Ordinariates]

A. Presbyterorum Ordinis
Presbyterorum Ordinis is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that outlines the life, ministry, and role of Catholic priests in the modern Church.
B. Oblates of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
The Oblates of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest are lay and religious collaborators who support the Institute’s traditional Catholic apostolate through prayer, service, and assistance to its clergy and communities.
C. Pontifical Councils
The Pontifical Councils were departments of the Roman Curia that assisted the Pope in specific pastoral, social, and ecumenical areas of the Catholic Church’s mission.
D. Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
E. Section for the Laity
Section for the Laity is a department within the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life that focuses on promoting and supporting the vocation, mission, and participation of lay people in the life and mission of the Church.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Personal Ordinariates
Target entity description: Personal Ordinariates are canonical structures within the Roman Catholic Church that allow groups of former Anglicans to enter into full communion with Rome while preserving elements of their Anglican liturgical and spiritual heritage.

A. Presbyterorum Ordinis
Presbyterorum Ordinis is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that outlines the life, ministry, and role of Catholic priests in the modern Church.
B. Oblates of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
The Oblates of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest are lay and religious collaborators who support the Institute’s traditional Catholic apostolate through prayer, service, and assistance to its clergy and communities.
C. Pontifical Councils
The Pontifical Councils were departments of the Roman Curia that assisted the Pope in specific pastoral, social, and ecumenical areas of the Catholic Church’s mission.
D. Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
E. Section for the Laity
Section for the Laity is a department within the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life that focuses on promoting and supporting the vocation, mission, and participation of lay people in the life and mission of the Church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canonical structure of the Catholic Church ⓘ particular church structure ⓘ personal jurisdiction ⓘ
allowMarriedClergy	yes ⓘ
analogousTo	military ordinariates ⓘ
canErectParishes	within host dioceses ⓘ
canonicalBasis	Complementary Norms for Anglicanorum coetibus ⓘ
clergyIncardination	into the ordinariate ⓘ
dateEstablished	2009-11-04 ⓘ
ecclesiologicalStatus	part of the Latin Church with distinct governance ⓘ
erectedBy	Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
establishedByDocument	Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus ⓘ linked to: Anglicanorum coetibus
firstOrdinariateErected	Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham ⓘ
firstOrdinariateErectedDate	2011-01-15 ⓘ
fullCommunionWith	Holy See ⓘ Pope ⓘ
governedAccordingTo	Code of Canon Law with proper norms ⓘ
governedBy	ordinary ⓘ
haveOwnParishes	yes ⓘ
haveOwnSeminaryArrangements	yes ⓘ
jurisdictionBasis	membership rather than territory ⓘ
jurisdictionType	personal ⓘ
laityEnrollment	by petition and acceptance ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Divine Worship: Daily Office ⓘ Divine Worship: Occasional Services ⓘ Divine Worship: The Missal ⓘ
marriedClergyDiscipline	subject to norms of the Latin Church and Anglicanorum coetibus ⓘ
membershipIncludes	cradle Catholics in certain circumstances ⓘ former Anglicans ⓘ those received into full communion through the ordinariate ⓘ
notIdenticalTo	personal prelatures ⓘ religious institutes ⓘ
ordinariate	Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham ⓘ Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross ⓘ Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter ⓘ
ordinaryMayBe	bishop ⓘ presbyter ⓘ
preserve	Anglican hymnody and liturgical language where approved ⓘ
purpose	to enable groups of Anglicans to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church ⓘ to preserve elements of Anglican liturgical, spiritual, and pastoral patrimony ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
retainPatrimonyFrom	Anglican tradition ⓘ
rite	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
shareMission	ecumenism with Anglican communities ⓘ evangelization ⓘ
subjectTo	Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ⓘ general law of the Latin Church ⓘ
territorialScope	various regions such as England and Wales, North America, and Oceania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited