Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei 853

1. The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter ipso iure pos-

sesses juridic personality and is juridically equivalent to a diocese.3 It in-

cludes those faithful, of every category and state of life, who, originally

having belonged to the Anglican Communion, are now in full communion

with the Catholic Church, or who have received the sacraments of initiation

within the jurisdiction of the Ordinariate itself,4 or who are received into

it because they are part of a family belonging to the Ordinariate.5

2. The faithful of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter

are entrusted to the pastoral care of the Personal Ordinary who, once named

by the Roman Pontiff,6 possesses all the faculties, and is held to all the

obligations, specified in the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum and the

Complementary Norms7 as well as in those matters determined subsequently

by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on request both of the

Ordinary, having heard the Governing Council of the Ordinariate, and of

the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

3. The Anglican faithful who wish to be received into full communion

with the Catholic Church through the Ordinariate must manifest this desire

in writing.8 There is to be a programme of catechetical formation for these

faithful, lasting for a congruent time, and with content established by the

Ordinary in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

so that the faithful are able to adhere fully to the doctrinal content of the

Catechism of the Catholic Church,9 and therefore, make the profession of

faith.

4. For candidates for ordination, who previously were ministers in the

Anglican Communion, there is to be a specific programme of theological

formation, as well as spiritual and pastoral preparation, prior to ordina-

tion in the Catholic Church, according to what will be established by the

Ordinary in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

and in consultation with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

3 Cf. can. 372 § 2 CIC; Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. I § 3. 4 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. I § 4. 5 Cf. Complementary Norms, Art. 5 § 1. 6 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. IV, Complementary Norms, Art. 4 § 1. 7 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. VI § 4; Complementary Norms, Art. 5 § 2;

Art. 9. 8 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. IX. 9 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. I § 5.