How To Join the Ordinariate

The Ordinariate’s founding document, Anglicanorum coetibus and the Complementary Norms, give direction regarding membership in the Ordinariate.

Members of the Ordinariate are Roman Catholics who have come from Anglican and other ecclesial communities and are now in the full communion of the Church, Catholics who themselves or family member have completed their Sacraments of Initiation in one of our Parishes or Communities, or those who have been drawn to the Church through the evangelizing mission of our Diocese, and their families.

No one is automatically a member of the Ordinariate, those eligible for membership must submit a completed and signed Membership Registration Form to their local Ordinariate Priest. Your signature on the form is the canonical act by which you manifest your desire to enter the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

Most people who desire to join do so in the context of an Ordinariate Parish or Parochial Community through the celebration of the Sacraments of Initiation. If you are currently worshipping in an Ordinariate Parish or are preparing to be received into the Church in an Ordinariate Parish or Community, your Pastor must notify the Chancery and submit proof of your Sacraments for your membership to be complete.