Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived in the Ordinariates

During the Plenary Meeting of the Bishops of the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus (2009), held at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in the first days of March 2026, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect, invited the Bishops to describe the lived experience of the patrimony at the heart of their Ordinariates. In response to the Prefect’s invitation, the Bishops identified several traits they consider to be characteristic of the spiritual and pastoral heritage of the Ordinariates.

The Dicastery is pleased to make available a text, entitled "Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived in the Ordinariates Established Under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus", which incorporates the fruits of those conversations.