Independent Jurisdictions

Independent Jurisdictions

Independent Jurisdictions Links

• The Inter-American Old Catholic Church Site of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the Presiding Bishop. Historical overview, principles, list of parishes.
  
• Catholic Charismatic Church Independent (Old) Catholic church. Has a healing outreach ministry.
  
• Old Catholic Church - Mathew Succession Active in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Texas. Strives for unity among Old Catholics and with the Anglican Communion. Web site offers a bibliography and e-mail discussion group.
  
• Byzantine Catholic Church, Inc. Orthodox-Catholic and Old Catholic in heritage, with Ofiesh and Carfora lines of succession. Religious orders for priests, brothers, and sisters. Women barred from ordination. Please do not confuse this independent jurisdiction with the Byzantine Catholics who are in communion with Rome.
  
• Old Roman Catholic Church in North America Official web site of this autonomous non-papal Catholic ecclesial body. Old Catholic, Carfora line. "Defending tradition, preserving conscience."
  
• Apostolic Catholic Orthodox Church Carfora line. Renewal-oriented, in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. Ordination open to men and women, married and single. General information, directory of parishes and ministries, information on clergy training. Too wide for most monitors.
  
• Old Catholic Church of Canada Independent national Old Catholic church body. In Mathew and Carfora lines. Small. Liturgy based on Tridentine Mass but congregations may use Anglican or Orthodox service books.
  
• Old Catholic Church of America Old Catholic, Carfora line. Uses "Knott Missal" (English version of Tridentine Mass). Chancery in DeForest, Wisconsin.