Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei 129

ACTA CONGREGATIONUM

CONGREGATIO PRO DOCTRINA FIDEI

Decree of Erection of the Personal Ordinariate

of Our Lady of Walsingham

The supreme law of the Church is the salvation of souls. As such, through-

out its history, the Church has always found the pastoral and juridical means

to care for the good of the faithful.

With the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, promulgated on 4

November 2009, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, provided for the

establishment of Personal Ordinariates through which Anglican faithful

may enter, even in a corporate manner, into full communion with the Catho-

lic Church.1 On that same date, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the

Faith published Complementary Norms relating to such Ordinariates.2

In conformity with what is established in Art. 1 § 1 and § 2 of the

Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, having received requests

from a considerable number of Anglican faithful, and having consulted

with the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales, the Congregation for

the Doctrine of the Faith

ERECTS

the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham within the territory

of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales.

1 Cfr. AAS 101 (2009), 985-990. 2 Cfr. L'Osservatore Romano (9-10 November 2009), p. 7; Weekly Edition in English

(11 November 2009), p. 4.