That’s one proposal being put forth by a priest in France.
From OSV News:
As pilgrims gather in Rome for the 13th annual “Summorum Pontificum” pilgrimage for those devoted to the traditional Latin Mass Oct. 25-27, traditionalist Catholics in France are discerning a new idea: a personal ordinariate for Catholics devoted to the older Roman liturgical and sacramental forms that could give them pastoral stability and a bishop who could speak for them and be directly responsive to the Holy Father.
The name of the pilgrimage is the same as Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter, which made it possible for almost any priest of the Roman rite to celebrate the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly referred to as the traditional Latin Mass.
With his motu proprio “Traditionis Custodes,” however, Pope Francis reversed key points of Pope Benedict’s document and on July 16, 2021, imposed severe restrictions to celebrating the traditional Latin Mass.
French Dominican Father Louis-Marie de Blignières first proposed the idea of the “traditional ordinariate” in September 2023, but continues to develop it today. Age 75, he is the founder and former prior of the Dominican-inspired Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer, whose priests celebrate the older form of Roman liturgy. His convent is located in the picturesque village of Chémeré-le-Roi, south of Normandy.
For Father de Blignières, the situation is “very complicated” in France today for those Catholics attached to the old Roman rite used by the Latin Church prior to the Second Vatican Council, commonly referred to as traditionalist Catholics.
“Everything has hardened since the publication of the motu proprio ‘Traditionis Custodes’ in July 2021,” he told OSV News. “The possibilities for celebrating Masses and sacraments in the ancient liturgy have been severely restricted by this text from Pope Francis.”
A face of traditionalist Catholicism in France, Father de Blignières stressed that “the bishops in France are endeavoring to follow the instructions received from Rome” and “places of worship have been closed.”
“The celebration of confirmations and marriages is giving rise to tense negotiations, even arm wrestling,” he said. “Many bishops are annoyed, and the faithful are exasperated.”
