 These parishes were initially composed of former members of the Episcopal Church.The Vatican answered the requests of various Anglican groups for full communion by issuing the apostolic constitution "Anglicanorum Coetibus", thus opening the possibility of corporate reunion with Rome for some Anglicans.On March 3, 2010, in Orlando, Florida, the eight members of the House of Bishops of the ACA voted unanimously to accept the Pope's proposal by formally petitioning the Vatican for a personal ordinariate in the United States.