A new document issued under the authority of cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández offers one of the most detailed theological and pastoral reflections to date on the experience of Anglican communities that have entered into full communion with Rome.

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 plenary meeting of the Bishops of the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus was held in Rome, with a meeting with the Holy Father in the morning on Monday, 2 March 2026, followed by a meeting with the Superiors of the Dicastery later that morning. Subsequently, the Bishops met for further discussions at the Dicastery on 3 March 2026

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