Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham (Houston)
| Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham | |
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| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Clergy who were previously pastoral leaders of Episcopal or other Anglican churches |
| Dedication | Our Lady of Walsingham |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Neo-Gothic |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Steven J. Lopes |
| Rector | Charles Hough IV |
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham also Principal Church of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas, is a Catholic church erected in 1984 as a parish under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston, and is currently the cathedral of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. The church features a distinctive architecture style reminiscent of Neo-Gothic style churches of an Anglican heritage and is the first parish in the United States dedicated to Our Lady of Walsingham. The Order of Mass is traditional and Anglican in character and content. The parish was founded by clergy who were previously pastoral leaders of Episcopal or other Anglican churches.
In 1980, St. Pope John Paul II established the Anglican Use of the Roman Catholic Church that allowed Anglicans to enter into communion with the Catholic Church. In 1982, Fr. James Moore and Fr. James Ramsey resigned their positions within the Episcopal Diocese of Texas to pursue a path into the Catholic Church. During this period, Fr. Moore and Fr. Ramsey held small weekly community meetings under the title of Our Lady of Walsingham. Although not yet formally part of the Catholic Church, Bishop John Louis Morkovsky allowed the community to worship at a local church where they met weekly for worship. On April 7, 1984, Fr. Moore and Fr. Ramsey were ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church and were appointed as co-pastors of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Church. The church moved several times during the following years until 1991 where it relocated to its current location.
On January 1, 2012, with the establishment of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, Our Lady of Walsingham became the principal church of the ordinariate. In 2014, a chancery was erected on the church's grounds to manage the operations of the ordinariate. On February 2, 2016, Steven J. Lopes was ordained as the first bishop of the ordinariate, succeeding Jeffrey N. Steenson as ordinary. With the ordination of Bishop Lopes, Our Lady of Walsingham was elevated to the status of a cathedral.
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