Old Roman Catholic Church in North America

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The Old Roman Catholic Church in North America descends from the North American Old Roman Catholic Church founded by Archbishop Carmel Henry Carfora. Archbishop Richard Arthur Marchenna consecrated Robert Alfred Burns, a priest ordained by Carmel Henry Carfora, in 1961. Burns left Marchenna in 1963. That year he joined with Archbishop Wilfred A. Barrington-Evans of the Old Roman Catholic Church (English Rite) and began using that designation. He was appointed Archbishop of Chicago by Barrington-Evans.

Upon Burns' death he was succeeded by Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell of Toronto. Archbishop Johnston-Cantrell resigned his office on January 5, 1975 whereupon Bishop Facione succeeded as Presiding Bishop. The Provincial Synod, during its meeting on April 19, 1975, confirmed Bishop Facione's succession and elected him Titular Archbishop of Devon as well as first Bishop of Michigan and the Central States. That same year the church's name was changed to the "Old Roman Catholic Church in North America."

Facione moved the church's headquarters to Detroit, Michigan, and then to Louisville, Kentucky, where it is now. In 1989 the Western Regionary Diocese established in 1945 by Archbishop Carfora entered into union with the ORCCNA under Bishop Frederick Pyman. After Pyman's death Bishop Patrick King was consecrated for the diocese on June 5, 1995. Further growth occurred when Archbishop Facione appointed, in 1999, Bishop Luke Amadeo Iezzi as Bishop of the French Antilles.

Archbishops[]

• May 1963 - 20 April 1974:
• 1974 - 5 January 1975:
• 12 April 1975 – 14 June 2019: Francis Peter Facione

See also[]

• List of Old Catholic Churches

References[]

External links[]

• The Old Roman Catholic Church in North America

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