[T]here are [three] relatively small groups north of the border with "push pins" on the new map that don't appear on the old map -- one in Edmonton, Alberta, under the lay leadership of Mr. David Skelton (who apparently has deferred his Catholic ordination indefinitely due to a marital issue) and the other in [Fredericton], New Brunswick, under the leadership of Fr. Richard Harris (who, IIRC, received ordination as a Catholic presbyter in the last few months). There [is also] a group in Tyendinaga, Ontario, that might still be in the process of reception.This would bring the total closer to the 42 claimed, making observers aware of 40, although I'm not sure how the official standing of such groups-in-formation is recognized. Clearly it would be better if the project of publicizing such groups could be undertaken by people other than amateur lay observers, fun as the project can be for those of us who do it!
My correspondent notes the Spanish-speaking group in formation that was received in 2015 in Flushing, NY. However, the impression I have from the diocesan announcement is that while a former Anglican priest brought them together, he passed away unexpectedly in 2014, and their catechesis and reception were completed under the auspices of RCIA, making them members of the diocesan parish.
Naturally, I solicit and welcome all such additions, corrections, and clarifications. The push pin in the new map in Northern California is still unexplained.
UPDATE: Another visitor adds,
Dr Skelton certainly has no "marital" issue. His ordination was announced, then cancelled shortly before the scheduled date owing to unspecified "health issues." . . . Seven people including two ACCC clergy were received when this group was erected, and although there was briefly a family which joined them and made their house chapel available they have since moved away. A former Anglican, now Catholic priest offers mass for them at a Knights of Columbus chapel but when/if he is no longer able to do this I am sure the group will fold. Fr Harris, in New Brunswick, is 76 and despite his wish to "grow" the group of perhaps ten after his ordination last year, I see no evidence of that. [A web page giving mass times at Our Lady of Fatima is here.] The group of twelve in Tyendinaga was received in 2012. You can read about it here. Their leader, Gerard Trinque, was rejected for ordination for delict of schism, but a local diocesan priest celebrates mass for them once a month. The other Sundays Mr Trinque leads a sort of "Deacon's mass" with Holy Communion. The group advertises on the reserve (Tyendinaga is a First Nations community) where Mr Trinque is described as Fr Trinque. [The group does not have a website.]It's plain that the farther we get into the smaller groups, the more uncertain matters become. I suspect there's a great deal for Bp-Elect Lopes to learn.
Many thanks to my correspondents for their continued sleuthing!
