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A2.4051 Old Catholic Church in Colombia – 1870 Old Catholics (1996, Bogotá,<br />

Colombia; Monseñor José Rubén García Matíz, Archbishop <strong>of</strong> Colombia<br />

and Latin America, with affiliated churches in Colombia, Brazil and<br />

Uruguay; this organization is affiliated with Christ Catholic Church<br />

International [CCCI] in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, under<br />

Archbishop Donald William Mullan) -<br />

http://www.gratisweb.<strong>com</strong>/iglesiantigua/miegle.html<br />

A2.406 Church <strong>of</strong> Utrecht in America (1941, Los Angeles, CA; Richard A.<br />

Marchenna)<br />

A2.407 North Old Catholic Church in North America, Catholicate <strong>of</strong> the<br />

West (1950, Santa Monica, CA)<br />

A2.408 Old Catholic Church—Anglican Rite (1951, Laguna Beach, CA; has<br />

mission work in Mexico)<br />

A2.409 Apostolic Orthodox Old Catholic Church (1958, Chicago, IL; Jorge<br />

Rodríguez; established a mission to Latin America under the name<br />

“Iglesia Católica Apostólica Ortodoxa” that exists in Colombia, Ecuador,<br />

Panama and Venezuela with about 10,000 adherents)<br />

A2.410 Holy Catholic Apostolic Church <strong>of</strong> Puerto Rico (1961)<br />

A2.411 North American Old Roman Catholic Church—Schweikert (1965,<br />

Chicago, IL)<br />

A2.412 Mariavite Old Catholic Church, Province <strong>of</strong> North America (1972,<br />

Wyandotte, MI; Bishop Robert R.J.M. Zaborowski)<br />

A2.413 Old Holy Catholic Church <strong>of</strong> the Netherlands (1970s, Montreal,<br />

Canada; 1979, Vicariate <strong>of</strong> Colorado)<br />

A2.414 American Catholic Church—Old Catholic (1986, Orange, CA; Bishop<br />

E. Paul Raible)<br />

A2.415 United Catholic Church (1996, Cheshire, CT; Bishop Robert Bowman) -<br />

According to its website,<br />

The United Catholic Church was founded and incorporated in the state <strong>of</strong> Florida in 1996<br />

by Bishop Robert Bowman as both a denomination and an inter-church fellowship, in<br />

response to the request <strong>of</strong> a conclave <strong>of</strong> bishops to find a means <strong>of</strong> unifying… The United<br />

Catholic Church is a recognized denomination by the National Council <strong>of</strong> Churches, and<br />

is listed in their Yearbook <strong>of</strong> US and Canadian Churches. In the most recently published<br />

2006 edition, the United Catholic Church had 2,000 full members and an overall<br />

membership <strong>of</strong> 2,350 people, served by 36 churches and 56 ordained clergy. As <strong>of</strong><br />

August 2006, the United Catholic Church has 57 ordained clergy serving over 2,365<br />

people in 14 churches, 3 cross-denominational pastorates, and 7 chaplaincies.<br />

http://www.united-catholic-church.org/ABOUT%20US/AU%20Index.htm<br />

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