Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Ordinariatus Personalis Dominae Nostrae Crucis Australis

Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Australia
Statistics
Parishes	11
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite (Anglican Use)
Established	15 June 2012
Cathedral	Church of St Ninian and St Chad, Perth (principal church)^[1]
Patron	St Augustine of Canterbury^[1]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Ordinary	Harry Entwistle PA^[1]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Website
ordinariate.org.au

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a personal ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church within the territory of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference for groups of Anglicans who desire full communion with the Catholic Church in Australia and Asia.^[2] As a personal ordinariate it is immediately subject to the Holy See in Rome.^[1]

History

The ordinariate was established on 15 June 2012, in accordance with the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum coetibus of Pope Benedict XVI.^[2] The first ordinary is the Reverend Monsignor Harry Entwistle PA.^[1] The Church of St Ninian and St Chad in Perth (formerly owned by the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia) was named as the principal church.^[1]

Since its inception, the ordinariate has grown to include ten Australian congregations in Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales.^[3] In February 2015, a congregation of the Traditional Anglican Church of Japan was received as the Ordinariate Community of St Augustine of Canterbury, the first ordinariate community in Asia.^[4]

A list of all the Catholic dioceses, churches and cathedrals in Australia

Province of Sydney

Archdiocese of Sydney	Metropolitan Cathedral of St Mary Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church St Thomas Aquinas Church, Springwood

Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle	Sacred Heart Cathedral

Diocese of Armidale	St Mary and St Joseph's Cathedral

Diocese of Bathurst	St Michael and St John's Cathedral

Diocese of Lismore	St Carthage's Cathedral

Diocese of Wagga Wagga	St Michael's Cathedral

Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes	Sacred Hearth Cathedral

Diocese of Wollongong	St Francis Xavier's Cathedral St John Vianney Co-Cathedral

Diocese of Parramatta	St Patrick's Cathedral

Diocese of Broken Bay	Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral

Province of Melbourne

Archdiocese of Melbourne	St Patrick's Cathedral Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell Sacred Heart Church St Kilda St Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne St Francis' Church, Melbourne

Diocese of Sale	St Mary's Cathedral

Diocese of Sandhurst	Sacred Heart Cathedral

Diocese of Ballarat	St Patrick's Cathedral

Province of Brisbane

Archdiocese of Brisbane	Cathedral of St Stephen

Diocese of Toowoomba	St Patrick's Cathedral First St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Warwick Second St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Warwick

Diocese of Cairns	St Monica's Cathedral

Diocese of Rockhampton	St Joseph's Cathedral

Diocese of Townsville	Sacred Heart Cathedral

Province of Perth

Archdiocese of Perth	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary St John's Pro-Cathedral, Perth St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle St Joseph's Church, Subiaco Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth St John the Baptist Church (Toodyay) St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1863-1963) St Mary Star of the Sea, Peppermint Grove St Denis Church, Joondanna

Diocese of Broome	Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, Broome

Diocese of Bunbury	St Patrick's Cathedral, Bunbury

Diocese of Geraldton	St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Geraldton

Province of Adelaide

Archdiocese of Adelaide	St Francis Xavier's Cathedral

Diocese of Port Pirie	St Mark's Cathedral

Diocese of Darwin	St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Archdiocese of Hobart	St Mary's Cathedral

Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn	St. Christopher's Cathedral

Diocese of the Australian Defence Force	No Cathedral or Principal Church

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross	Principal Church of St Ninian and St Chad

Immediately subject to a Patriarch or Major Archbishop

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul	Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of St Maroun	St Maroun's Cathedral

Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael	St Michael and All the Angels Melkite Cathedral

Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle	St Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Catholic Church (Seat of the Eparch's Cathedra)

Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St Thomas	St Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Seat of the Eparch's Cathedra)

Roman Catholic dioceses in Australia

Province of Sydney	Archdiocese of Sydney Diocese of Armidale Diocese of Bathurst Diocese of Broken Bay Diocese of Lismore Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Diocese of Parramatta Diocese of Wagga Wagga Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese of Wollongong

Province of Melbourne	Archdiocese of Melbourne Diocese of Ballarat Diocese of Sale Diocese of Sandhurst

Province of Brisbane	Archdiocese of Brisbane Diocese of Cairns Diocese of Rockhampton Diocese of Toowoomba Diocese of Townsville

Province of Perth	Archdiocese of Perth Diocese of Broome Diocese of Bunbury Diocese of Geraldton

Province of Adelaide	Archdiocese of Adelaide Diocese of Darwin Diocese of Port Pirie

Immediately subject to the Holy See/Patriarch	Archdiocese of Hobart Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Military Ordinariate of Australia Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney Melkite Catholic Eparchy of St Michael, Archangel Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne

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