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I'm glad the Ordinate has been granted their own bishop.

Addressing the priests gathered for his ordination-- just for the U.S.-Canada ordinariate, there are 62 of them, along with six deacons, four candidates for the priesthood or diaconate and one seminarian, in service to 42 parishes and communities-- he noted, "I have met each one of you."

However, I'm not holding my breath for Pope Francis to grant the FSSP, which was established by Pope JP II in 1988, its own bishop.

Priests: 262

243 incarnated

11 incorporated ad annum

4 associated

4 postulants

Deacons: 14

Non-deacons seminarians (including postulants): 145

Not to mention the FFOTI or ICK.

13 posted on 02/04/2016 4:32:26 PM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

The FSSP is juridically a different kind of organization (technically a “clerical society of apostolic life of pontifical right”). They wouldn’t ordinarily be headed by a bishop. The closest analogue to the ordinariate are the “personal prelatures” like Opus Dei, which are headed by bishops.


16 posted on 02/04/2016 4:43:36 PM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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