Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Ordinariatus Personalis Dominae Nostrae Crucis Australis | |
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Location | |
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Statistics | |
Parishes | 17 |
Members | 1,200 (2021)[2] |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Anglican Use (Divine Worship) of the Roman Rite |
Established | 15 June 2012 |
Cathedral | Ordinariate Parish of St Bede the Venerable, Sydney |
Patron saint | Augustine of Canterbury[3][4] |
Secular priests | 19[3] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Apostolic Administrator | Anthony Randazzo |
Website | |
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The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a personal ordinariate of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church primarily within the territory of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. It is organized to serve groups of Anglicans who desire full communion with the Catholic Church in Australia and Asia.[5] Personal ordinariates, like military ordinariates and dioceses, are immediately subject to the Holy See in Rome.[3] The motto of the ordinariate is Mea Gloria Fides (My Faith is my Glory).[6][7] The current apostolic administrator is Anthony Randazzo, who succeeded the second ordinary, Carl Reid, in 2023.