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January 22, 2026
Fifteen Years On: Faith, Fidelity, and Communion
Last Thursday we celebrated a great anniversary for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham: fifteen years ago, the Catholic Church took what Pope Benedict XVI would later call a “prophetic gesture”...
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Pastoral Letters
January 14, 2026
Bishop David Waller
Pastoral Letter for the 15th Anniversary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy New Year! On 15th January we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the erection of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham..
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Does the Ordinariate have parishes?
The Ordinariate will, in the future, have parishes where it has groups of members. These will be 'personal' parishes and not 'territorial' like a diocesan parish.
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Do Anglicans who want to become Catholic have to join the Ordinariate?
The Holy Father's offer of a Personal Ordinariate for Anglicans entering into full communion with the Catholic Church is a generous and pastoral response to the desire of Anglicans for unity with the See of Peter. 
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Are members of the Ordinariate still Anglicans?
Members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham are Catholics of the Latin Rite, within the full communion of the Catholic Church. By civil law they are known, as all Catholics in England and Wales are known, as 'Roman Catholics'. However, their heritage and traditions mean that they are Catholics from the Anglican Tradition.