Anglican Ordinariate Soon to be Created in Australia

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross will be the third Personal Ordinariate created by Pope Benedict XVI following the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus was announced in November of 2009. A Personal Ordinariate is a church structure for particular groups of people who wish to enter into communion with the Catholic Church.
By Randy Sly
5/13/2012

WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Many Anglo-Catholics in Australia have long awaited the day when they might be able to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church just as the fellow Anglicans have been doing recently in the United Kingdom and the North America. Their wait will soon be over.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference issued the following press release:

The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Denis Hart, announced today that Pope Benedict XVI intends to announce the establishment in Australia of a Personal Ordinariate for Former Anglicans to commence on 15th June 2012.

A Personal Ordinariate is a church structure for particular groups of people who wish to enter into communion with the Catholic Church. the rest