Ordinariate

In the organisation of the Catholic Church and of the Anglican Communion[1] an ordinariate is a pre- or pseudo-diocesan ecclesiastical structure, of geographical or personal nature, headed by an ordinary who is not necessarily a bishop.

An ordinariate can be:

See also

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