Welcome
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was established (In accordance with the 2009 Apostolic Constitution of Pope Benedict XVI, Anglicanorum cœtibus,) in response to repeated and persistent inquiries from Anglicans who over time, have come to identify the Catholic Church as their true home. Those joining the Ordinariate have discerned they are truly Catholic in what they believe and therefore desire full membership in the Catholic Church.
There are three Personal Ordinariates (Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom; the Chair of Saint Peter in Canada and the United States; and Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia) which were created to provide a path for groups of Anglicans to become fully Roman Catholic, while retaining elements of their worship traditions and spiritual heritage in their union with the Catholic Church. The Ordinariate is a key ecumenical venture exemplifying the Second Vatican Council’s vision for Christian unity, in which diverse expressions of one faith are joined together in the Church.
In the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis redintegatio), the Catholic Church specified what it would look like to bring all Christians together into full communion. The Council said Christian groups would bring their own distinctive traditions to the Catholic Church; they would not be suppressed or absorbed. The Vatican’s remarkable ecumenical gesture in establishing the Ordinariates affirms the Catholic Church’s view that the patrimony of differing Christian spiritualities and liturgies is a treasure meant to be shared within the Catholic tradition.
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter is equivalent to a diocese and was created by the Vatican in 2012 for those nurtured in the Anglican tradition who wish to become Catholic. Founded to serve Roman Catholics across the U.S. and Canada, it is the first diocese of its kind in North America. Based in Houston, Texas, this Ordinariate has more than 40 Roman Catholic parishes and communities across the United States and Canada. St. John the Baptist Deanery was created to address the particular needs of the Canadian members of the Ordinariate.
Called to be gracious instruments of Christian unity, members of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter are led by a bishop who was appointed by Pope Francis. Bishop Steven J. Lopes is the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. Like other bishops in Canada and the United States, the bishop serves under the direct authority of the Pope to build up the Catholic Church through mutual mission and ministry. The bishop is a full member of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as well as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
OUR DEANERY
The Deanery of St. John the Baptist was established on 7 December 2012 to serve the first eleven Canadian Ordinariate communities. Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, first Ordinary of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter at the time, appointed Fr. Lee Kenyon as the founding Dean of the Deanery. Fr. Carl Reid was appointed the second Dean with Fr. Doug Hayman appointed the third Dean. Msgr Timothy Perkins has been appointed the fourth Dean. Bishop Lopes is pleased to announce the appointment of The Very Rev'd Robert-Charles Bengry as the fifth Dean and Joseph DeCaria as Vice-Dean.
On November 2018, the Canadian Deanery was officially incorporated and has attained CRA Charity Recognition. The Officers are Rev. Robert-Charles Bengry VF (Dean and Chair of the Board), Rev'd Msgr Timothy Perkins VG (Vice-Chair of the Board), Fr Douglas Hayman, Ms. Deborah Gyapong (Secretary) and Mr. Bruce Travis (Treasurer). In addition to the above Officers who are also appointed Directors, we welcome Mr. Mario Josipovic as a Director of the Board.
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was established (In accordance with the 2009 Apostolic Constitution of Pope Benedict XVI, Anglicanorum cœtibus,) in response to repeated and persistent inquiries from Anglicans who over time, have come to identify the Catholic Church as their true home. Those joining the Ordinariate have discerned they are truly Catholic in what they believe and therefore desire full membership in the Catholic Church.
There are three Personal Ordinariates (Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom; the Chair of Saint Peter in Canada and the United States; and Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia) which were created to provide a path for groups of Anglicans to become fully Roman Catholic, while retaining elements of their worship traditions and spiritual heritage in their union with the Catholic Church. The Ordinariate is a key ecumenical venture exemplifying the Second Vatican Council’s vision for Christian unity, in which diverse expressions of one faith are joined together in the Church.
In the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis redintegatio), the Catholic Church specified what it would look like to bring all Christians together into full communion. The Council said Christian groups would bring their own distinctive traditions to the Catholic Church; they would not be suppressed or absorbed. The Vatican’s remarkable ecumenical gesture in establishing the Ordinariates affirms the Catholic Church’s view that the patrimony of differing Christian spiritualities and liturgies is a treasure meant to be shared within the Catholic tradition.
The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter is equivalent to a diocese and was created by the Vatican in 2012 for those nurtured in the Anglican tradition who wish to become Catholic. Founded to serve Roman Catholics across the U.S. and Canada, it is the first diocese of its kind in North America. Based in Houston, Texas, this Ordinariate has more than 40 Roman Catholic parishes and communities across the United States and Canada. St. John the Baptist Deanery was created to address the particular needs of the Canadian members of the Ordinariate.
Called to be gracious instruments of Christian unity, members of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter are led by a bishop who was appointed by Pope Francis. Bishop Steven J. Lopes is the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. Like other bishops in Canada and the United States, the bishop serves under the direct authority of the Pope to build up the Catholic Church through mutual mission and ministry. The bishop is a full member of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as well as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
OUR DEANERY
The Deanery of St. John the Baptist was established on 7 December 2012 to serve the first eleven Canadian Ordinariate communities. Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, first Ordinary of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter at the time, appointed Fr. Lee Kenyon as the founding Dean of the Deanery. Fr. Carl Reid was appointed the second Dean with Fr. Doug Hayman appointed the third Dean. Msgr Timothy Perkins has been appointed the fourth Dean. Bishop Lopes is pleased to announce the appointment of The Very Rev'd Robert-Charles Bengry as the fifth Dean and Joseph DeCaria as Vice-Dean.
On November 2018, the Canadian Deanery was officially incorporated and has attained CRA Charity Recognition. The Officers are Rev. Robert-Charles Bengry VF (Dean and Chair of the Board), Rev'd Msgr Timothy Perkins VG (Vice-Chair of the Board), Fr Douglas Hayman, Ms. Deborah Gyapong (Secretary) and Mr. Bruce Travis (Treasurer). In addition to the above Officers who are also appointed Directors, we welcome Mr. Mario Josipovic as a Director of the Board.
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Meet Our New Dean
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Fr. Robert-Charles (Shane) Bengry, is the Dean of the St. John the Baptist Deanery of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. He also serves as the Pastor of St. John the Evangelist parish in Calgary, Alberta. Father was born and raised on the Canadian prairie but has lived and served in British Columbia and Manitoba as well. He earned a Bachelor of Design, Diploma of Christian Studies and Master of Divinity in Vancouver and served a three-point rural parish in the Anglican Diocese of Brandon for seven years. He also completed a course of study and formation to become a Roman Catholic Priest. Father Bengry was ordained to the transitional diaconate at our Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston TX on the Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica, 2017 and ordained to the Priesthood on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul, 2018. He was appointed Dean of the St. John the Baptist Deanery of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter on 1 July 2022.
Open Letter from the Dean [or select the link below] 
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Support the Ordinariate
If you have any questions regarding how to support the Ordinariate, please contact the Deanery Treasurer at Treasurer@StJohnTheBaptistDeanery.com 
Bishop’s Appeal:
Alternative Payment Method: eTRANSFER: Download and complete Pledge Card and email completed card with your donation to Treasurer@StJohnTheBaptistDeanery.com mentioning BA2022 in the Message line.  
Seminary Formation Fund
Step 1 Complete DONATION CARD
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Coming HomeIs God calling you home to the Catholic Church? If you are an Anglican parish or group interested in joining the Ordinariate corporately, your rector or priest needs to begin the process by identifying your parish to the Vicar General of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.
You may contact the Vicar General, Very Rev. Timothy Perkins, at vg@ordinariate.net. “Speak, for your servant is listening” — 1 Samuel 3:10 Discerning a call to the priesthood? Contact the Ordinariate Office of Vocations at vocations@ordinariate.net. Pope Francis - 1 April 2022
Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee 2022
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