| 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 | Recognizes the Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church as valid, despite heretical theological inventions as part of and following the Council of Trent.
Recognizes the Sacraments of the Eastern and Oriental Churches as valid. |
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| 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]