Editing Personal prelature (section)

==Application==

===Opus Dei===
The first, and thus far the only, personal prelature is [[Opus Dei]], which was established as a personal prelature by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1982 through the [[Apostolic constitution]] ''Ut sit''. In the case of Opus Dei, the prelate is elected by members of the prelature and confirmed by the Pope.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}

According to John Paul II, the priests and lay faithful (both men and women) in the Prelature of the Holy Cross are "the components by which the Prelature is organically structured." According to the website [https://prelaturaspersonales.org/ Prelaturas Personales.]

{{quote|John Paul II, speaking about the Prelature of Opus Dei, affirmed: 'First of all, I wish to emphasize that the membership of the lay faithful in their own particular Churches and in the Prelature, into which they are incorporated, enables the special mission of the Prelature to converge with the evangelizing efforts of each particular Church, as envisaged by the Second Vatican Council in desiring the figure of personal prelatures.' (Discourse, October 17, 2001). "<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prelaturaspersonales.org/prelaturas-personales/preguntas-frecuentes-2/,%20https://prelaturaspersonales.org/prelaturas-personales/preguntas-frecuentes-2/|title=Preguntas Frecuentes &#124; Prelaturas, Ordinariatos y otras circunscripciones personales - Prelaturas, Ordinariatos y otras circunscripciones personales|date=February 24, 2012|website=prelaturaspersonales.org}}</ref>
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===Other possible personal prelatures===

Philippine clergy proposes personal prelatures for the pastoral care of Filipino migrants. This canonical set-up can help the Filipino migrants integrate better into their local church and help spread best practices in integration from other places where Filipinos have migrated. A prelature rather than an ordinariate can better serve the purpose since it will not have to provide all the pastoral services and the migrants will continue to be faithful of their specific dioceses.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Proposal for a Personal Prelature for Migrant Filipinos – PONTIFICIO COLLEGIO FILIPPINO |url=https://pcfroma.org/kb/proposal-for-a-personal-prelature-for-overseas-filipinos/ |website=Pontificio Collegio Filippino}}</ref> 

The [[Society of Saint Pius X]] has been offered a canonical restructuring as a personal prelature by Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SSPX Bishop Fellay: Personal Prelature Offer Under Consideration|url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/sspx-bishop-fellay-personal-prelature-offer-under-consideration|access-date=2021-10-10|website=NCR|language=en}}</ref>