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1. The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter ipso iure pos-
sesses juridic personality and is juridically equivalent to a diocese.3 It in-
cludes those faithful, of every category and state of life, 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,4 or who are received into
it because they are part of a family belonging to the Ordinariate.5
2. The faithful of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
are entrusted to the pastoral care of the Personal Ordinary who, once named
by the Roman Pontiff,6 possesses all the faculties, and is held to all the
obligations, specified in the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum and the
Complementary Norms7 as well as in those matters determined subsequently
by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on request both of the
Ordinary, having heard the Governing Council of the Ordinariate, and of
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
3. The Anglican faithful who wish to be received into full communion
with the Catholic Church through the Ordinariate must manifest this desire
in writing.8 There is to be a programme of catechetical formation for these
faithful, lasting for a congruent time, and with content established by the
Ordinary in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
so that the faithful are able to adhere fully to the doctrinal content of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church,9 and therefore, make the profession of
faith.
4. For candidates for ordination, who previously were ministers in the
Anglican Communion, there is to be a specific programme of theological
formation, as well as spiritual and pastoral preparation, prior to ordina-
tion in the Catholic Church, according to what will be established by the
Ordinary in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
and in consultation with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
3 Cf. can. 372 § 2 CIC; Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. I § 3. 4 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. I § 4. 5 Cf. Complementary Norms, Art. 5 § 1. 6 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. IV, Complementary Norms, Art. 4 § 1. 7 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. VI § 4; Complementary Norms, Art. 5 § 2;
Art. 9. 8 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. IX. 9 Cf. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, Art. I § 5.