Claim: Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was considered by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales after the resignation of Bishops Burnham and Newton who, together with Broadhurst and their wives, were received into the Roman Catholic Church.
Evidence: In the following week, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales considered the proposed ordinariate and gave assurances of a warm welcome for those who wish to be part of it. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, announced that he had with regret accepted the resignations of Bishops Burnham and Newton. On 1 January 2011, Broadhurst, Burnham and Newton (together with their wives, apart from Burnham whose wife is Jewish), three former Anglican nuns of a convent at Walsingham and former members of 20 different Anglican parishes, were received into the Roman Catholic Church.