Ordinariate Audio

Bishop Steven J. Lopes of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was a guest on The Terry & Jesse Show on Southern California's Virgin Most Powerful Radio.

In November 2019, Bishop Steven J. Lopes spoke at a Conference on The Anglican Tradition in the Catholic Church, held at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica in Toronto, Ontario (Canada). The event was sponsored by the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society.

At the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas, Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached at a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit commemorating of the Tenth Anniversary of "Anglicanorum Coetibus." That apostolic constitution, issued by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, authorized the creation of Catholic "ordinariates" (similar to dioceses) that would be permitted to retain elements of Anglican heritage...

On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on Luke 9 at Christ the King Church in Towson, Md.

In early 2019, Bishop Steven J. Lopes spoke in Oklahoma City at the quarterly luncheon of the Assembly of Catholic Professionals, a membership organization sponsored by the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes delivered the Plenum Address at the January 2019 Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week. A transcript is at https://tinyurl.com/43n4z3n6 .

On the Second Sunday of Advent, Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on Luke 3 at Incarnation Catholic Church in Orlando, Fla.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on John 6.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on 1 Kings 19 and Matthew 14 at Incarnation Catholic Church in Orlando, Fla.

At St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church in Irvine, Calif., Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on Isaiah 9, 1 Corinthians 1, and Matthew 4.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on Luke 18:9-14 at Incarnation Catholic Church in Orlando, Fla.

Bishop Steven J. Lopes preached on Luke 7 at St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church in Irvine, Calif.

In February 2016, Steven Joseph Lopes was ordained as the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. His appointment, by Pope Francis, followed a decade of service at the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. During that period, he also served as an Instructor of Homiletics at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Bishop Lopes, a California native,...

Steven J. Lopes, selected by Pope Benedict XVI to the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, is interviewed on Sacred Heart Radio's Son Rise Morning Show .

In November 2015, Pope Francis named Msgr. Steven J. Lopes to serve as the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. A news conference announcing the appointment took place at the Ordinariate's Chancery in Houston, Texas. After initial remarks, Bishop-elect Lopes and Monsignor Jeffrey Steenson, a former bishop of The Episcopal Church who served as the Ordinariate's initia...

In early 2013, then-Monsignor Steven J. Lopes spoke at a symposium on "The Mission of the Ordinariate," held at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston, Texas. At the time, he was an official for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, serving as the Secretary of the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission.