Old Catholic Church of America

Old Catholic Church of America
Old Catholic Church of America
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Old Catholic Church of America
Founder Bishop Paul Francis Cope
Date Founded 1925
Recognition Holy Orders and Sacraments recognized as valid by Pope Benedict XVI
Primate Presiding Bishop Henry Pleau, DD
Headquarters DeForest, Wisconsin
Territorial Jurisdiction Parishes in the United States (8), Canada (2), England (1), Peru (1) Puerto Rico (1) Venezuela (1) Columbia (2)
Clergy 6 bishops, 30 priests/deacons
Liturgical Language English, Spanish
Adherents More than 10,000 worldwide
Website http://www.oldcatholic.org/index.htm

The Old Catholic Church of America is an autocephalous Old Catholic Church, founded in the United States of America in 1925 by Bishop Paul Francis Cope. Like most Old Catholic denominations, the Old Catholic Church of America retains pre-Vatican II Liturgical and doctrinal traditions.[1]

Archbishops of the Old Catholic Church of America

  • Archbishop Paul Francis Cope May 1925-1953
  • Archbishop Francis Xavier Resch 1953-1963
  • Archbishop Walter Xavier Brown 1963-1997
  • Archbishop James Edward Bostwick 1997-2009
  • Presiding Bishop Henry Pleau 2010 -

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