Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter, USA 🇺🇸 (Anglican Rite)

Rite: Anglican (Latin)

Name: The Chair of Saint Peter (English) / 聖ペトロの椅子 (日本語) / Cathedræ Sancti Petri in Civitatibus Fœderatis Americæ Septentrionalis (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Walsingham (September 24)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 14 (2004)

History

2012.01.01: Established as Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of Saint Peter (English) / 聖ペトロの椅子 (日本語) / Cathedræ Sancti Petri in Civitatibus Fœderatis Americæ Septentrionalis (Latin)
2012.12.07: Gained territory of Canada

Contact Info

Address: 7809 Shadyvilla Lane, Houston, TX 77055, USA

Phone: (713) 609-9292

Present Prelates

Bishop-Ordinary (2015.11.24 – ...):

Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes (51)

Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of The Chair of Saint Peter (Anglican Rite)

Bishop Steven Joseph Lopes (51)
(2015.11.24 – ...)

Bishop-Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)
Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Magna opera Domini

Born:	1975.04.22 (Fremont, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	2001.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.02

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (2001.06.23 – 2015.11.24)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2010.07.10 – 2015.11.24)

Bishop-Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA) (2015.11.24 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) (2026.05.11 – ...)

Msgr. Jeffrey Neil Steenson (74)
(2012.01.01 – 2015.11.24)

Priest of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)
Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary
Ordinary emeritus of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA)

Born:	1952.04.01 (Camp Rucker, AL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	2009.02.21

Priest of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA) (2009.02.21 – ...)

Ordinary of The Chair of Saint Peter (USA) (2012.01.01 – 2015.11.24)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (2012.02.06 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston, Texas, USA
Former Cathedral: Church of the Incarnation, Orlando, Florida, USA
Former Cathedral (now not in use): Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Churches by City (40)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 12,031 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 79 priests (diocesan), 5 seminarians