The terms Old Catholic Church,Old Catholics,Old-Catholic churches,or Old Catholic movement,designate "any of the groups of Western Christians who believe themselves to maintain in complete loyalty the doctrine and traditions of the undivided church but who separated from the see of Rome after the First Vatican council of 1869–70".
The names Liberal Catholic Church (LCC) and Liberal Catholic movement are used by a number of separate Independent Catholic denominations throughout the world descending from James I. Wedgwood,which combine Catholic sacramental practices with freedom of belief,and in particular openness to theosophical ideas.
St Chad's College is one of the recognised colleges of Durham University. Founded in 1904 as St Chad’s Hall for the training of Church of England clergy,the college ceased theological training in 1971 and now accommodates students studying the full range of Durham University courses. Its members are termed "Chadsians" and is the smallest Durham college by number of undergraduates,but has extensive college library facilities and among the highest level of academic performance.
Hooton Pagnell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire,England,on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies on the B6422 road,between Brodsworth and South Elmsall and is at an elevation of around 78 metres (256 ft) above sea level. It had a population of 211 at the 2001 Census,reducing slightly to 201 at the 2011 Census. The name of the village derives from Ralph de Paganel,a Norman who was a tenant-in-chief in Yorkshire named in the Domesday Book and an extensive landowner.
Benedict Joseph Fenwick was an American Catholic prelate,Jesuit,and educator who served as the Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843,he founded the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,Massachusetts. Prior to that,he was twice the president of Georgetown College and established several educational institutions in New York City and Boston.
James Ingall Wedgwood was the first Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. Wedgwood was a former Anglican,a member of the Theosophical Society and a member of a co-Masonic order. His work on the Liberal Rite,as well as his efforts to establish a progressive church,are his greatest legacies.
Cherpunkal is a small town in the Kottayam district of Kerala State in India on the Kottayam-Palai Road,seven kilometers from Pala city.
William Alonzo Parker was a former Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury.
Arnold Harris Mathew,self-styled de jure 4th Earl Landaff of Thomastown,was the founder and first bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and a noted author on ecclesiastical subjects.
Peter David Maurice is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Taunton until 30 April 2015.
Rodolphe Francois Ghislain de Lorraine de Landas Berghes St. Winock,better known as Rudolph de Landas Berghes,was Regionary Bishop of Scotland of the Old Roman Catholic Western Orthodox Church and later Archbishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church of America.
Kurumpanadam Forane Church in Kerala,India is on a hillock about 6 km east of Changanacherry and 800 metres north of Perumpanachy Junction. This area was a part of Changanacherry Parish in ancient days and later from 1835 to 1837 under the jurisdiction of Thuruthi Parish. The Mooppachanmar who had visited Kurumbanadu to select aspirants for priesthood selected Chorikkavungal Zackarias and Mukkattukunnel Thomas from this area. They requested the Catholics of this area to erect a church. Following their request,93 Catholic families who had inhabited Kurumbanadu erected the first Catholic Church here on 13 June 1837. It had stood on the north of the present church. As the church was not spacious enough,the construction of a new church was started in 1844. Fr. Philipose Chalackal,a parishioner of Thuruthi,was the vicar of Kurumpanadu. The main role in the construction of the new church was played by Fathers Thomas Mukkattukunnel and Zackarias Chorickavunkal.
The Church of St Thomas,Thurstonland,West Yorkshire,England,is an Anglican church. It is an Arts and Crafts building in Gothic Revival style,designed by James Mallinson and William Swinden Barber,and completed in 1870. The building was funded by William Legge,5th Earl of Dartmouth,and it was consecrated by Robert Bickersteth,Bishop of Ripon. The total height of the tower and spire is 109 feet (33 m),and the nave contains an arch-braced hammerbeam roof.
Robert Neil Innes is an Anglican bishop. Since 2014,he has been the Bishop in Europe. Prior to becoming bishop he was Chancellor and Senior Chaplain of the Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity,Brussels.
Stephen Richard Platt Moulsdale was an Irish Anglican priest and academic administrator.
Arun Arora is a British Anglican bishop and solicitor. Since,2022 he has served as Bishop of Kirkstall in the Diocese of Leeds. From 2012 to 2017,he served as Director of Communications of the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England,then until 2022 as vicar of St Nicholas' Church,Durham.
St Chad's Hostel,in Hooton Pagnell near Doncaster,England,was a hostel to prepare candidates for theological college. It was opened in 1902 by Frederick Samuel Willoughby,vicar of Hooton Pagnell. In 1904 a sister institution,St Chad's Hall,was opened at the University of Durham.
Sarah Julia Warde-Aldam was a South Yorkshire estate owner,benefactor and hospital commandant.
William Peter Guy Hazlewood is a British Anglican bishop who has been the Bishop of Lewes since 2020. From 2011,he was Vicar of Dartmouth and Dittisham in the Diocese of Exeter.
Stephen Peter Race SSC is a British Anglican Bishop. Since 2022,he has been the Bishop of Beverley,the Provincial Episcopal Visitor for traditionalist Anglo-Catholics in the Church of England's Province of York.
