Catholic Christian Church
| Catholic Christian Church | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Western Christianity |
| Orientation | Independent Old Catholic |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Founder | Wallace David de Ortega Maxey |
| Origin | 1970 |
The Catholic Christian Church was an Independent Old Catholic church founded in 1970 by Wallace David de Ortega Maxey.
History
Wallace David de Ortega Maxey founded the Catholic Christian Church after 25 years with the Universalist Church.[1] Prior, Maxey also served within the nascent LGBT rights movement in California as a gay activist, and within the Apostolic Episcopal Church as a bishop.[2]
Alan S. Stanford was in charge of the church's ministry in the San Francisco area, which included the church's chapel, the Holy Order of the Society of St. Jude Thaddeus, and the National Catholic Street Ministry Project.[3]
As of 1987, the church had two bishops and three priests working in the San Francisco area, and three mission stations.[3]
See also
- Christian denomination
- Independent Catholicism
- Catholicate of the West
References
- Back to citation Persson, Bertil (1990). Independent Bishops: An International Directory. Apogee Books. p. 305. ISBN 9781558883079.
- Back to citation Strub, Whitney (2016). "The Homophile Is a Sexual Being: Wallace de Ortega Maxey's Pulp Theology and Gay Activism". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 25 (2): 323–353. ISSN 1043-4070.
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Melton, J. Gordon (1987). The Encyclopedia of American Religions (2nd ed.). Detroit: Gale Research Company. ISBN 0-8103-2133-5.