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''For information on personal ordinariates in general, see Personal ordinariate.'' The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is "a structure, similar to a diocese, that was created by the Vatican in 2012 for former Anglican communities and clergy seeking to become Catholic. Once Catholic, the communities retain many aspects of their Anglican heritage, liturgy and traditions".〔(Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, "Ordinariate Questions & Answers" )〕 Based in Houston, Texas, where it has the principal church serving as epopymous see, the ordinariate includes throughout the United States and Canada thirty-five separate parishes (in sixteen US states and four Canadian provinces), communities and individuals. It includes two former cathedrals, the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ottawa, Ontario and the Church of the Incarnation in Orlando, Florida. The ordinariate was established by a decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated January 1, 2012 to include people: * "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"; or * "who are received into it because they are part of a family belonging to the Ordinariate". This mandate was further amended in July 2013, opening membership of the ordinariate even to Catholics by baptism who have not received the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist and who "return to the faith and practice of the Church as a result of the evangelizing mission of the Ordinariate".〔(Catholic News Service, "Pope opens ordinariates for former Anglicans to baptized Catholics" )〕 Membership is open to former Anglicans and former Methodists, as the latter group also stems from the Anglican patrimony. Originally, its territory was the same as that of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.〔 However, it was announced on December 7, 2012, that the Holy See, after consulting the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, had extended its territory to include Canada also.〔(Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, "Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter" )〕 Accordingly, the head of the Ordinariate is a full member of both episcopal conferences.〔 ==Structure== The second personal ordinariate to be established after the promulgation of ''Anglicanorum coetibus'', the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, is, according to the decree of its erection, juridically equivalent to a diocese.〔 The faithful of the ordinariate are led by an ordinary who is named directly by the pope. The ordinary may be a bishop or priest.〔 The ordinary of a personal ordinariate is the equivalent of a diocesan bishop.〔''See also: Apostolic prefect.〕 The ordinary is a full member by right both of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops〔 and of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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