List of Ordinaries of the Personal Ordinariates

Each Personal Ordinariate, a canonical structure within the Catholic Church, is headed by an ordinary who either a bishop or a senior priest. They were established in accordance with the apostolic constitution "Anglicanorum coetibus" on 4 November 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI in order to enable the groups of faithful from the Anglican and Methodists to join the Catholic Church while preserving elements of their liturgical and spiritual patrimony. As priests of the Ordinariates can be married but Catholic bishops must be celibate, the ordinary may be a non-celibate priest; the first ordinaries of each of the three Ordinariates were married priests.

Ordinaries

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of Appointment Date of Episcopal Ordination Date of inauguration Date of resignation Died Remarks
1 Keith Newton 10 April 1952  United Kingdom 15 January 2011 15 January 2011 24 April 2024
2 David Waller 10 June 1961  United Kingdom 29 April 2024 22 June 2024 22 June 2024 Incumbent [a]

Personal Ordinariates of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Name Date of birth Place of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Episcopal Ordination Date of inauguration Date of resignation Died Remarks
1 Harry Entwistle 31 May 1940  United Kingdom 15 January 2012 15 January 2012 27 March 2019
2 Carl Reid 10 June 1961  Canada 26 March 2019 27 August 2019 21 April 2023
Apostolic Administrator Anthony Randazzo[1] 7 October 1966  Australia 21 April 2023 24 August 2016 21 April 2023 Incumbent [b]

Personal Ordinariates of the Chair of Saint Peter

Name Date of birth Place of Birth Date of Appointment Date of Episcopal Ordination Date of inauguration Date of resignation Died Remarks
1 Jeffrey N. Steenson 1 April 1952  United States 1 January 2012 12 February 2012 21 November 2015
2 Steven J. Lopes 22 April 1975  United States 24 November 2015 2 February 2016 2 February 2016 Incumbent [a]

Remarks

  1. ^ a b First Bishop-Ordinary
  2. ^ Also incumbent Bishop of Broken Bay

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Randazzo to lead Personal Ordinariate - Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay". www.bbcatholic.org.au. Retrieved 2025-08-11.