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Independent Catholicism is an independent sacramental movement of clergy and laity who self-identify as Catholic (most often as Old Catholic or as Independent Catholic) and form "micro-churches claiming apostolic succession and valid sacraments ", [1] in spite of not being affiliated to the historic Catholic church, the Roman Catholic church. [2]
Denominations of Roman Catholic tradition. Apostolic Catholic Church. Apostles of Infinite Love. Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church. Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church. Palmarian Christian Church. Philippine Independent Church. Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church. Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church.
The ornate altar and priests' vestments are characteristic of Traditionalist Catholic practice. Traditionalist Catholicism is a movement that emphasizes beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions and presentations of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). [1][2 ...
Many of these communities describe themselves as traditionalist Catholics. As of 2023, the largest priestly communities using the Tridentine Mass exclusively are Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) with 707 priests, Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) with 368 priests, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) with 147 priests and ...
The North American Old Catholic Church was formed in January 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky, as a community of independent Catholic churches, with Archbishop Michael Seneco being elected as the community's first presiding bishop. [1][2] This United States-based organization traced its history to an 1870 movement in the Netherlands that dissented ...
American Catholic Church (1915) American Catholic Church in the United States. American National Catholic Church. Antiochian Catholic Church in America. Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church. Augustana Catholic Church.
A particular church (Latin: ecclesia particularis) is an ecclesiastical community of followers headed by a bishop (or equivalent), as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology. A liturgical rite, a collection of liturgies descending from shared historic or regional context, depends on the particular church the bishop (or equivalent ...
The Liberal Catholic Church was founded by J. I. Wedgwood and Charles Webster Leadbeater, two Theosophists.Wedgwood had been consecrated as a bishop in 1916 in England by Frederick Samuel Willoughby; Willoughby had been consecrated as bishop by Arnold Harris Mathew of the Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, but had later been disowned by Mathew.