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{{Short description|Pre- or pseudo-diocesan ecclesiastical structure}}
In the organisation of the [[Catholic Church]] and of the [[Anglican Communion]]<ref>See, for example, the [http://www.anglican.ca/amo/ Anglican Military Ordinariate in Canada].</ref> an '''ordinariate''' is a pre- or pseudo-diocesan ecclesiastical structure, of geographical or personal nature, headed by an [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|ordinary]] who is not necessarily a [[bishop]].

An ordinariate can be:

* an [[ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite|ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rite]]s in one or more countries (for Catholics of Armenian or Byzantine rite, usually)
* a [[military ordinariate]], for the troops of a nation 
* a [[personal ordinariate]], also known as an Anglican ordinariate<ref>... we are learning to call them the 'Anglican ordinariates'" - Aidan Nichols in Andrew Burnham, ''Heaven and Earth in Little Space'' (Canterbury Press Norwich 2010 {{ISBN|978-1-84825-005-5}}), p. xv</ref><ref name="Pillar Horse Race">"Bishop Stephen Lopes of the Anglican Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter..." {{cite news |title=Pillar Horse Race |url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/a-day-at-the-races-predicting-the |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=[[The Pillar]]|date=11 November 2021 }}</ref> (a Catholic jurisdiction for those of the Anglican patrimony)
* a missionary jurisdiction, the [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] equivalent of an apostolic prefecture, e.g. the former [[Ordinariate of Asmara]]
* the [[Curia (Roman Catholic Church)#Diocesan curia|diocesan curia]] (in German use [''Ordinariat''], cf. English [[Diocesan chancery|chancery]])
* an ordinariate for an academic community, notably the former (unique?) [[Ordinariate for foreign students in Belgium]]

== See also ==
{{Portal|Catholicism}}
* [[List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Catholic canonical structures]]