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Divine Worship (Personal Ordinariates)

Divine Worship (Personal Ordinariates): a rite or use within the Latin Church. Status, head, countries, books, history, and sources. A map and sourced facts.

Centre
Houston (Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter (one of three ordinariates)) (Source: Wikidata ↗)
Liturgical books
Divine Worship: The Missal (2015) (Source: CTS ↗)
Own jurisdiction in
Australia, Canada, Guam, Japan, United Kingdom, United States (6) (Source: GCatholic ↗) As listed on 21 October 2026.
Note
Approved for the Personal Ordinariates erected under Anglicanorum coetibus (2009), within the Roman Rite. GCatholic labels it "Anglican Use" (three jurisdictions). (Source: Holy See ↗)

Where it has its own jurisdiction

Showing Divine Worship (Personal Ordinariates), present jurisdictions: 6 countries.

United Arab EmiratesAfghanistanAlbaniaArmeniaAngolaArgentinaAustriaAustraliaAzerbaijanBosnia and HerzegovinaBangladeshBelgiumBurkina FasoBulgariaBurundiBeninBrunei DarussalamBoliviaBrazilBahamasBhutanBotswanaBelarusBelizeCanadaDemocratic Republic of the CongoCentral African RepublicRepublic of the CongoSwitzerlandCôte d'IvoireChileCameroonChinaColombiaCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzechiaGermanyDjiboutiDenmarkDominican RepublicAlgeriaEcuadorEstoniaEgyptWestern SaharaEritreaSpainEthiopiaFinlandFijiFalkland Islands / MalvinasFranceGabonUnited KingdomGeorgiaGhanaGreenlandThe GambiaGuineaEquatorial GuineaGreeceGuatemalaGuamGuinea-BissauGuyanaHondurasCroatiaHaitiHungaryIndonesiaIrelandIsraelIndiaIraqIranIcelandItalyJamaicaJordanJapanKenyaKyrgyzstanCambodiaNorth KoreaSouth KoreaKuwaitKazakhstanLaosLebanonSri LankaLiberiaLesothoLithuaniaLuxembourgLatviaLibyaMoroccoMoldovaMontenegroMadagascarNorth MacedoniaMaliMyanmarMongoliaMauritaniaMalawiMexicoMalaysiaMozambiqueNamibiaNew CaledoniaNigerNigeriaNicaraguaNetherlandsNorwayNepalNew ZealandOmanPanamaPeruPapua New GuineaPhilippinesPakistanPolandPuerto RicoPalestinePortugalParaguayQatarRomaniaSerbiaRussiaRwandaSaudi ArabiaSolomon IslandsSudanSwedenSloveniaSlovakiaSierra LeoneSenegalSomaliaSurinameSouth SudanEl SalvadorSyriaKingdom of eSwatiniChadFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsTogoThailandTajikistanTimor-LesteTurkmenistanTunisiaTurkeyTrinidad and TobagoTaiwanTanzaniaUkraineUgandaUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVenezuelaVietnamVanuatuKosovoYemenSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabwe
SyriaLebanonIsrael
A. Lebanon
SyriaSaudi ArabiaLebanonJordanIsraelPalestineEgypt
B. The Holy Land
IndiaKerala
C. South India: Kerala outlined (shading is by country)

Countries where Divine Worship (Personal Ordinariates) has its own jurisdiction: 6 countries.

Countries with the Church's own jurisdiction; faithful elsewhere are served by local ordinaries.

Countries shaded (6)
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Guam
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Source: GCatholic ↗, as listed on 21 October 2026.

Borders are illustrative (Natural Earth, de facto lines) and imply no position. Shading shows where a Church has its own jurisdiction, not where all its faithful live. Made with Natural Earth ↗ (public domain). Sources and method.

History

  1. 4 November 2009 Anglicanorum coetibus (Source: Holy See ↗)
  2. 2015 Divine Worship: The Missal published (Source: CTS ↗)

Dates are given as ranges or centuries where the sources give no single date.

Texts and resources

Every resource is an outside link; nothing here is hosted by Bibliotheca Catholica. What the badges mean.

Main sources: Holy See ↗. Checked 2026-10-26. Sources and method.