American Catholic Church in the United States information
For the denomination founded by Joseph René Vilatte, see American Catholic Church (1915).
American Catholic Church in the United States
Classification
Independent Catholic
Governance
Mixture of episcopal and congregational polity
Founder
Lawrence J. Harms
Origin
1999 Frederick, Maryland
Clergy
20
Website
accus.us
The American Catholic Church in the United States (ACCUS) is an Independent Catholic church primarily in the United States, founded in 1999 by Lawrence J. Harms in Frederick, Maryland.[1] The ACCUS claims apostolic succession through Carlos Duarte Costa.[2] As of 2018, the ACCUS was composed of 1 bishop, 15 priests, and 3 deacons in 13 U.S. states.[3]
^"Obituary of Archbishop Lawrence J. Harms". Frederick, Maryland. April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
^Ross, Robyn (June 2017). "Critical Mass: An Austin church remakes Catholicism without the Pope, celibate priests, or most of the other rules". Texas Monthly. Austin, Texas. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
^"Individual State Locations of the ACCUS". American Catholic Church in the United States. 2018-06-15. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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