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unusual facts about Old Catholic



Friedrich Maassen

During the Vatican Council he adhered to Ignaz von Döllinger, but was in no real sense an Old Catholic, and in 1882 explicitly retracted all his utterances in favour of that sect.

Henry Liddon

In 1882 he resigned his professorship and travelled in Palestine and Egypt; and showed his interest in the Old Catholic movement by visiting Döllinger at Munich.

Michael Bertiaux

Michael Paul Bertiaux (born January 18, 1935) is an American occultist and Old Catholic Bishop, known for his book Voudon Gnostic Workbook (1988), a 615-page compendium of various occult lessons and research papers spanning the sub-fields of Voodoo, Neo-Pythagoreanism, Thelema and Gnosticism.


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André Bettencourt

He was born in Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan (Seine-Maritime) in an old Catholic Norman noble family.

Emmanuel Milingo

The others were Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan of the African Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Catholic Diocese of the Americas, who according to one website was first consecrated a bishop on June 10, 1978, and subsequently reconsecrated in October 1979 and twice more in March 1987; Archbishop Patrick E. Trujillo of the Old Catholic Church in America and Archbishop Joseph J. Gouthro of Las Vegas, presiding bishop of the Catholic Apostolic Church International (CACI).

Harwood Sturtevant

In 1948 he represented the Anglican Communion at the Old Catholic Congress in Hilversum, Holland by appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

J. I. Wedgwood

Wedgwood now enrolled as a doctoral candidate at the Sorbonne, combining his studies with experiments at the works of a celebrated organ builder and activities at Russian Orthodox and Old Catholic churches.

Joanes Leizarraga

Having negotiated the tricky issue of translating into a language which by then had no great written tradition, common standard or spelling system, he persevered with some help from four old Catholic colleagues: Piarres Landetxeberri from Espès-Undurein, Sanz de Tartas from Charritte-de-Bas (both in Soule), Joanes Etxeberri from Saint-Jean-de-Luz and a Mr Tardets who was a minister in Ostabat.

Morović

The old Catholic church from the 13th century, built in both romanesque and gothic styles is a very noteworthy monument.

Old Catholic Confederation

Much like the constitution of the Society of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, the priests of the Old Catholic Confederation remain priests of their diocese but form a community.

Polish National Catholic Church

From 1907–2003, the PNCC was a member of the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht.

Vester Egesborg Church

Candlemass, with the Latin name "Missa candelarum", is an old Catholic custom that has been revived in a number of Danish churches.