Anglican Use

The Pastoral Provision is existing since 1980 pastoral setting of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It allows the establishment of (personal ) parishes with Anglican rites under the direction vormaliger priest of the U.S. Episcopal Church ( Episcopal Church in the USA) that have been to the Catholic Church converted and ordained re - into her with relief from the celibacy requirement, . Such Catholic parishes with " Anglican Use" consist, inter alia, in the states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. The municipalities celebrate their liturgy according to the traditions approved by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship, Anglican committed "Book of Divine Worship" (not to be confused with the actual Book of Common Prayer ).

The facility is under the supervision of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. As Ecclesiastical Delegate carries Bishop John J. Myers of Newark responsibility for the application of the " Pastoral Provision ". He is assisted by William H. Stetson of Opus Dei, as secretary, and several converted priests of the U.S. Episcopal Church.

Since 1983, over 70 Catholic priests were ordained with the Anglican background in the U.S., but there are only seven parishes with " Anglican Use" according to the " Book of Divine Worship".

Outside the United States does not apply the " Pastoral Provision ". But is the inclusion vormaliger Anglican priest and your order to Catholic public officials in other dioceses of the English space is not unusual. The corporate connection Anglican parishes in the Catholic Church, however, was rejected by Canadian and British, even some U.S., bishops longer.

A general scheme for the corporate agreement former Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church created the papal Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus of November 9, 2009. According to the standards of Anglicanorum Coetibus were on January 15, 2011, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham for the UK, the January 1, 2012 the Personal Ordinariate Chair of St Peter for the United States and on 15 June 2012, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady built by the Southern Cross for Australia.

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