Old Catholic Church of America
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| Old Catholic Church of America | |||
 Old Catholic Church of America |
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| Founder | Bishop Paul Francis Cope | ||
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| Date Founded | 1925 | ||
| Recognition | Holy Orders and Sacraments recognized as valid by Pope Benedict XVI | ||
| Primate | Metropolitan Archbishop James Bostwick | ||
| Headquarters | DeForest, Wisconsin | ||
| Territorial Jurisdiction | Parishes in the United States (8), Canada (2), England (1), Peru (1) | ||
| Clergy | 6 bishops, 30 priests/deacons | ||
| Liturgical Language | English, Spanish | ||
| Adherents | less than 1000 | ||
| 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.
[edit] Archbishops of the Old Catholic Church of America
- Archbishop Paul Francis Cope May 1925- ?
- Archbishop Francis Xavier Resch ? -1963
- Archbishop Walter Xavier Brown 1963-1997
- Archbishop James Edward Bostwick 1997-present
