Federation of Independent Catholic and Orthodox Bishops

The Federation of Independent Catholic and Orthodox Bishops (FICOB) was an interjurisdictional organization of clergy from the Independent Sacramental Movement (ISM). Until it ceased to exist in 1997, FICOB included clergy from the Independent Catholic, Independent Anglican and Autocephalous Orthodox branches of the ISM.

For comparative research, contemporary directories of Independent Catholic clergy and eucharistic communities, and of other Independent Sacramental Movement clergy and communities, are also available online.

History

FICOB was organized in the 1960s or 1970s by Bishop Herman Adrian Spruit of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch-Malabar Rite (often referred to as the Church of Antioch) and a group of independent prelates. Some of them subconditionally consecrated one another in an attempt to share all lines of apostolic succession. After Spruit's death in 1994, his wife, Meri Louise Spruit succeeded him and served as Matriarch of the Church of Antioch. She came to associate with Brother Harvey Beagle, who was ordained to minor orders in the Church of Antioch. Around 1995, Beagle became the “web acolyte" of FICOB and published FICOB's first online directory of bishops and jurisdictions. Many independent clergy joined the email list created and moderated by Beagle, who shortly thereafter found himself mired in challenges. By the end of 1997, FICOB ceased to exist, but its directories of clergy and jurisdictions were perpetuated by clergy within the movement.

FICOB Directories

FICOB brought together clergy and published directories of ISM clergy, eucharistic communities, jurisdictions and seminaries. The FICOB website advertised: "While others have chosen to use the name 'Independent Catholic Directories,' we are the original. Also, with over 700 listings of independent missions, parishes, clergy, and bishops, we justly claim to have the most extensive, and up-to-date (though we admit to having some listings which are clearly out of date), database of 'independent movement' listings on the Internet."

After the dissolution of FICOB, Father Alan Kemp maintained the online FICOB directory through April 2001. On the website on which he continued to publish the FICOB directories, he wrote:

A Diversity of Sacramental Religious Expression

While each of the following listings is for clergy and communities which are rooted in the Catholic, Orthodox or Anglican forms of sacramental worship, the independent expressions of these faith traditions represented here is diverse. The listings range from jurisdictions which are very liberal and metaphysical (or even "New Age") to those which are very traditional and conservative. If you are drawn to or rooted in one of these faith expressions, yet are estranged from the mainline churches, you may find a clergy member or faith community here with which you can identify. Clergy in the independent movement are frequently willing to serve when others cannot, including to officiate at marriages and burials. We urge you to use these directories to make contact with an Independent Catholic clergy member or faith community. (Note: We use the term 'Independent Catholic' to include Orthodox and Anglican traditions as well).

An Introduction to the Independent Catholic Directories

This work is based upon the work begun by Fr. Bernard J. Zolnowski, Jr., which was started as a work of love. Since then, it has been completely reorganized into a geographical directory. It is a partial list containing information on clergy in one of the most unique and fantastic religious movements to be found in the whole range of what may be described, in general terms, as the ecclesiastical underworld. The use of the word "underworld" in this context must be taken as connoting ecclesiastical eccentricity rather than roguery or crime (though this is certainly not unheard of in the "independent movement"). The men and women listed here may very well be some of the most dedicated clergy members in the Church today. We say this because the majority hold jobs in the secular world and serve the Lord and their fellow human beings for little or no pay - simply because they were called to love and serve the Lord. They are truly the "tent makers" of our modern times. They stand, as a rule, for Catholicism without acceptance of the universal jurisdiction of the Pope. Many reject clerical celibacy.

In almost every case, the people on this list have taken great pains to obtain ordination or consecration from bishops whose lines of apostolic succession they hope are unquestionable and indisputable.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to classify properly all those churches calling themselves Independent Catholic or Orthodox. Generally these churches are quite small. They tend not to be controlled or affiliated with any of the "mainstream" denominational or ecclesiastical organizations, but even this does not hold true in all cases. Someone has said that most of the Independent Catholics in America are either dissatisfied Anglicans or former Roman Catholics, and there seems to be at least some truth in that.

This list is only a beginning. It is but a small sample and by no means is it a complete listing of every Independent Catholic or Autocephalous Orthodox clergy member in existence. In fact, at best, it must be considered a work in progress. I am very honored to build upon the work begun by the late Fr. Zolnowski, and I invite readers to join with me by submitting directory information on priests and ministers in independent or autocephalous Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Much of what is currently know about FICOB is due to the efforts of preservation by now-Archbishop Alan Kemp, who was ordained to the priesthood in 1997 by Meri Spruit and her successor, Richard Gundrey. Last updated on January 1, 1998, the following FICOB directories were a rich resource for the Independent Sacramental Movement at the time and continue to provide insight into the ISM for contemporary researchers.

FICOB Membership

The various branches of the Independent Sacramental Movement are extremely fluid. The following directory shares FICOB membership on January 1, 1998. A cross-study in January 2023 revealed that only 20 of the 135 clergy (15%) in the 1998 FICOB directory (marked with an asterisk below) were still even somewhat active in the movement 25 years later.

The directory was published "as a resource about the independent Catholic movement...for the public and members of the Independent Catholic and Old Catholic movements." An April 2001 publication of this directory by Father Alan Kemp includes the following note: "We have never made any effort to verify the authenticity of the credentials of any of the individuals who were listed, nor had we conducted background checks to ascertain that the individuals listed were reputable. Some were not." Father Kemp also shared: "We have made the decision to cease maintaining and publishing our regionalized directories....While we have ceased to maintain our regionalized database, which had 700 listings of independent missions, parishes, clergy, and bishops, we are continuing to maintain a listing of those independent jurisdictions, or denominations, which we believe are healthy enough to be viable. The decision of who to include and who to exclude rests solely with the webmaster. We will, however, make every effort to only include those jurisdictions which appear to be credible. We reserve the right to exclude jurisdictions about which we have legal, moral, or ethical concerns."

The directory noted that Rt. Rev. Stephan A. Hoeller was a Past President of FICOB, and that Most Rev. Perry R. (Joseph Benedict) Sills was a Former Director of the FICOB.

Name	Ordained Ministry	Community	Jurisdiction	City	State/Province	Country
Arnold, Most Rev. Gilbert	Bishop	The Monastic Hermetic Order of St. Bennet	Church of Antioch, Canada	Guelth	Ontario	Canada
Baldwin, Most Rev. Scott, CFC	Bishop	Home Communities of Francis and Clare		San Francisco	California	U.S.A.
Barberio, Rt. Rev. Jerrery	Bishop		(Independent Episcopal Bishop)	Clifton	New Jersey	U.S.A.
Bernhardt, Fr. Louis N., O.S.A.	Priest		Anglican Rite Old Catholic Church	San Antonio	Texas	U.S.A.
Bettendorf, Most Rev. Craig Steven	Bishop		Evangelical Anglican Church in America	Redondo Beach	California	U.S.A.
Bolinger, Most Rev. William A.	Bishop	Diocese of the Northwest	Catholic Apostolic Church in North America	Port Orchard	Washington	U.S.A.
Bostwick, Most Rev. James Edward, D.D.	Bishop	Our Lady of Hope	Old Catholic Church of America	DeForest	Wisconsin	U.S.A.
Bowman, Most Rev. Robert M.	Bishop		United Catholic Church	Melbourne Beach	Florida	U.S.A.
Boynton, Most Rev. Lewis R.	Bishop			Pinellas Park	Florida	U.S.A.
Brown, Most Rev. Randolph A.	Bishop		Western Orthodox Old-Catholic Church	Minneapolis	Minnesota	U.S.A.
Brown, Most Rev. Simon Peter, C.C.	Bishop		Orthodox Catholic Old Roman Church	Chicago	Illinois	U.S.A.
Buckley-Sittinger, Most Rev. Dr. Richard	Bishop		Free Anglican Church of America	North Reading	Massachusetts	U.S.A.
Bugge, Most Rev. Chearle	Bishop			Alphington	Victoria	Australia
Bugge, Most Rev. Frank*	Bishop			Alphington	Victoria	Australia
Bussmann, Most Rev. George	Bishop	Church of the Good Shepherd		Minneapolis	Minnesota	U.S.A.
Cardarelli, Most Rev. Richard	Bishop		American Apostolic Catholic Church	Manchester	Connecticut	U.S.A.
Careone, Most Rev. Nickolas	Bishop	Diocese of California	Western Orthodox Church in America	San Francisco	California	U.S.A.
Clary, Most Rev. Thomas C., Ph.D., Th.D., FAACS	Bishop		Free Catholic Church	La Jolla	California	U.S.A.
Clemens, Most Rev. Paul M.	Bishop	Chapel of St. Francis	Church of Antioch	Nevada City	California	U.S.A.
Clouse, Most Rev. Erwin	Bishop		Reformed Catholic Church of America	Desert Hot Springs	California	U.S.A.
Coffey, Most Rev. Janice Leah	Bishop	Queen of Heaven Independent Catholic Church		Pompano Beach	Florida	U.S.A.
De Coster, Most Rev. Philippe L.	Bishop	Secular Oblate of Saint Benedict	(Old Roman Catholic Bishop)	Parklaan	Gent	Belgium
Cover, Most Rev. Grant	Bishop	St. Michaels Abbey	American Catholic Church	Lewis	New York	U.S.A.
Crumpton, Most Rev. Marc Francis	Bishop	Holy Angels Parish	Old Catholic Church of America	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	U.S.A.
Dahl, Most Rev. Daniel J., D.D.	Bishop	Archangel Sanctuary	New Catholic Communion, Apostolic College of the Pacific	Honolulu	Hawaii	U.S.A.
__, H.B. Mar David, II (Robert Ramm)	Bishop		Ancient Christian Fellowship & Apostolic Episcopal Church	Tujunga	California	U.S.A.
Dawe, Most Rev. R. V. Bernard	Bishop		Independent Catholic Church International	Vallejo	California	U.S.A.
DeVoy, Most Rev. W. Edwin, D.D.	Bishop	Diocese of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Catholic Charismatic Church	Utica	New York	U.S.A.
Diederich, Most. Rev. Paul*	Bishop	Boston Diocese	Western Orthodox Church in America	Boston	Massachusetts	U.S.A.
Dittler, Most Rev. Robert*	Bishop		White Robed Monks of St. Benedict	San Francisco	California	U.S.A.
Dugan, Most Rev. Howard*	Bishop	Church of the Holy Spirit	Church of Antioch	Fairfield	Iowa	U.S.A.
Dunbar, Most Rev. David W.	Bishop	Our Savior Orthodox Catholic Apostolate	Orthodox Catholic Church in Ohio	Cincinnati	Ohio	U.S.A.
Fair, Most Rev. Louis W. Fair*	Bishop		American Orthodox Church, Hawaii	Mountainview	Hawaii	U.S.A.
Falk, Most Rev. Peter, OPR	Bishop	Abbot of Port Royal	Titularbishop of Carthage	Korschenbroich		Germany
Fitzpatrick, Most Rev. Christopher W.	Bishop	Diocese of the Columbias	Western Orthodox Church in America	Seattle	Washington	U.S.A.
Foster, Most Rev. Michael C.	Bishop	Saint Thomas Christian Orthodox Church		Colorado Springs	Colorado	U.S.A.
Frost, Most. Rev. Michael*	Bishop		The Holy Catholic Church	Dannemora	New York	U.S.A.
Gadelha, Most Rev. Waldecir	Bishop		Igreja Catolica Ortodoxa do Brasil	Potengi	Natal	Brazil
Garrow, Most Rev. Arthur	Bishop		Tridentine Old Catholic Church of the Americas	San Diego	California	U.S.A.
Gau, Rt. Rev. Wayne	Bishop		Celtic Evangelical Church	Honolulu	Hawaii	U.S.A.
Gilbert, Most Rev. John Frederick, Ph.D., D.D.	Bishop	Rocky Mountain Archdiocese	Universal Church	Boulder	Colorado	U.S.A.
Gregg, Most Rev. Leo	Bishop			Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada
Greveling, Most Rev. Hieronymus	Bishop		Old Episcopalean Catholic Church in the Netherlands	Breda		Netherlands
Griffin, Most Rev. Richard Sean Deel, Ph.D., D.Min.	Bishop		American Orthodox Church	Lakewood	Colorado	U.S.A.
Grosch, Most Rev. Lucia	Bishop	Society of Rosicrucians in America	Holy Orthodox Church in America	Preston Hollow	New York	U.S.A.
Gundrey, Most Rev. Richard*	Bishop		Church of Antioch	Santa Fe	New Mexico	U.S.A.
Hardy, Rt. Revd. John A., MSc, BA*	Bishop	Diocese of the United Kingdom & Ireland	Christ Catholic Church, International	London		England
Hash, Most Rev. Anthony, ODN*	Bishop	St. Nicholas, Giver of Gifts		Vinton	Virginia	U.S.A.
__, Most Rev. Gerald	Bishop			Chicago	Illinois	U.S.A.
Hefner, Most Rev. Raymond E., Th.D., Ph.D., O.S.L.	Bishop		Church of Illumination & Spiritual Revelation	El Paso	Texas	U.S.A.
Hicks, Most Rev. Lawrence L., O.S.B., J.C.D.	Bishop		Byzantine Catholic Church	Reseda	California	U.S.A.
Hill, Most Rev. Evelyn	Bishop		Apostolic Catholic Community	Peoria	Arizona	U.S.A.
Hoeller, Rt. Rev. Stephan A.	Bishop		Ecclesia Gnostica	Hollywood	California	U.S.A.
Holman, Most. Rev. Jack	Bishop	Diocese of Missouri	Old Catholic Church of Utrecht-Mathew Succession	Holister	Missouri	U.S.A.
Hugh, Most Rev. Donald E.	Bishop		Apostolic Episcopal Church, Order of Corporate Reunion	Apple Valley	California	U.S.A.
Hunter, Most Rev. Diana, D.Min.	Bishop	St. Julian's Without Walls		Valley Ford	California	U.S.A.
Jachimczyk, Most Rev. G. Michael, OSN	Bishop		Byzantine Catholic Church of America	San Antonio	Texas	U.S.A.
__, Most Rev. Dr. Mar James, SP	Bishop		Syrian Orthodox Church in America, Orthodox Catholic Church in America	Foristell	Missouri	U.S.A.
Jolly-Gabriel, Most Rev. Donald L.	Bishop		Independent Catholic Church International	San Bernardino	California	U.S.A.
Keck, Rt. Rev. Herman, Jr.	Bishop		Chaplin's Association, Adjutant General Office	Springfield	Missouri	U.S.A.
Kelly, Most Rev. Raymond F., D.D., S.S.F.*	Bishop	Diocese of Fa	Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA)	Reston	Virginia	U.S.A.
Kilarsky, Most Rev. Michael	Bishop		United American Orthodox Catholic Church of Brazil	Cleveland	Ohio	U.S.A.
Kochones, Most Rev. Mirta	Bishop		American Orthodox Catholic Church	Altadena	California	U.S.A.
Kochones, Most Rev. Steven	Bishop		American Orthodox Catholic Church	Altadena	California	U.S.A.
LaCava, Most Rev. Alberto I.	Bishop	Temple of the Holy Grail		Guttenberg	New Jersey	U.S.A.
Lagona, Most Rev. James	Bishop		Orthodox Catholic Church in the U.S.A.	Buffalo	New York	U.S.A.
Lane, Most Rev. Richard P., D.Min.	Bishop		Christian Orthodox Catholic Church	San Diego	California	U.S.A.
Lankenau, Most Rev. Alfred L.	Bishop		Orthodox Catholic Church of America	Indianapolis	Indiana	U.S.A.
Le Brun, Most Rev. Larry	Bishop	Church of St. Mary Magdalene	Diocese of St. Columba	Salinas	California	U.S.A.
Leeman, Most Rev. Edmund, Ofm	Bishop		North American Old Roman Catholic Church	Forked River	New Jersey	U.S.A.
Lillie, Rt. Rev. Charles R.*	Bishop	St. Francis of Assisi	American Old Catholic Church	Ft. Walton Beach	Florida	U.S.A.
Lima, Most Rev. Orlando	Bishop	St. Francis of Assisi	American Old Catholic Church	Miami	Florida	U.S.A.
MacHugh, Most Rev. Stephen A.	Bishop		Apostolic Orthodox Church in America	Brant Beach	New Jersey	U.S.A.
Maier, Most Rev. John Charles, Ph.D., OCR	Bishop	Old Catholic Order of Christ the King	Old Catholic Church (Anglican Rite)	Laguna Beach	California	U.S.A.
Martel, Most Rev. Denis*	Bishop		Catholic Church of the Americas	New Orleans	Louisiana	U.S.A.
Martin, Most Rev. Robert "Marty"	Bishop		Holy Catholic Church	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	U.S.A.
McCormick, Most Rev. Maurice, Ed.D.*	Bishop		Independent Catholic Church of America and the Caribbean	Louisville	Kentucky	U.S.A.
McGonigle, Most Rev. Paul A., Jr. (Bishop Seraphim)	Bishop		American Orthodox Catholic Church	Wilmington	Delaware	U.S.A.
Meola, Most Rev. James	Bishop	Diocese of New Jersey	Evangelical Episcopal Church	Toms River	New Jersey	U.S.A.
Mette, __	Bishop		Church of Illumination & Spiritual Revelation	Palmdale	California	U.S.A.
Miller, Most Rev. Mark I.	Bishop		Byzantine Catholic Church	Canoga Park	California	U.S.A.
Milner, Most Rev. Michael	Bishop	Church of the Resurrection	Free Catholic Diocese of St. Paul the Apostle, Inc.	Clearwater	Florida	U.S.A.
Montgomery, Most Rev. Benton	Bishop			Utica	New York	U.S.A.
Moody, Most Rev. David*	Bishop	St. Anthony's Catholic Church		Westland	Michigan	U.S.A.
Parr, Most Rev. Norman	Bishop	Old Catholic Church in America		Alexandria	Indiana	U.S.A.
Paris, Most Rev. Dennis	Bishop		(Independent Episcopal Bishop)	San Juan		Puerto Rico
Partida, Most Rev. Saul	Bishop		American Orthodox Catholic Church	Los Angeles	California	U.S.A.
Peckenpaugh, Rt. Rev. William, OSFL	Bishop	Territory of the Northwest	Independent Catholic Church of America	Silverton	Oregon	U.S.A.
St. Peters, Most Rev. Donald W.	Bishop		Byzantine Orthodox Catholic Church	Indianapolis	Indiana	U.S.A.
Poggiani, Most Rev. Connie	Bishop	Life Center	Church of Antioch	Santa Monica	California	U.S.A.
Polomski, Most Rev. Leonard*	Bishop		American Old Catholic Church	Niceville	Florida	U.S.A.
Pound, Most Rev. Jackie L.	Bishop	Our Lady of the Angels		Houston	Texas	U.S.A.
Pugin, Most Rev. Michel J., D.D.*	Bishop	Our Lady of Hope Parish	Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA)	Hull	Quebec	Canada
Raffaele, Most Rev. Joseph	Bishop		American Orthodox Catholic Church	Medford	New York	U.S.A.
Rankin, Most Rev. James (Elijah) Christopher	Bishop		Evangelical Catholic Communion of Berkeley	San Francisco	California	U.S.A.
Rankin, Most Rev. John	Bishop	Shekinah House	Church of the Divine Presence	Tahleguah	Oklahoma	U.S.A.
Reeves, Most Rev. John R.	Bishop		Catholic Church of the Americas	Jacksonville	Illinois	U.S.A.
Rinaldi, Most Rev. John A.	Bishop		Free Catholic Church	San Diego	California	U.S.A.
Rist, Most Rev. Perry	Bishop		American Catholic Church	Pacifica	California	U.S.A.
Robinson, Most Rev. Jerome M. (Bishop Pimen)	Bishop		American Orthodox Catholic Church	Wilmington	Delaware	U.S.A.
Rodriguez, Most Rev. Jorge*	Bishop		Ecclesia Católica Apostólica Orthdoxa	Orange	California	U.S.A.
Romas, Most Rev. Althira	Bishop	Grace of Sophia Independent Catholic Church	New Order of Glastonbury	Lyons	Colorado	U.S.A.
Rothermel, Most Rev. Frederic M.	Bishop		Orthodox Catholic Church	Phoenix	Arizona	U.S.A.
Russell, Rt. Rev. Norman H., OSM	Bishop	Saint John Chrysostom Mission	American Catholic Church	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	U.S.A.
Salvador, Most Rev. Roland L., D.D.	Bishop	Our Lady of Victories	Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada	Fairhaven	Massachusetts	U.S.A.
Sawyer, Most Rev. Raymond E., Ph.D.	Bishop			Springdale	Arkansas	U.S.A.
Schlapps, Most Rev. Fr. Klaus	Bishop	Priory St. Severin	Order of Port Royal	Buchloe		Germany
Sehorn, Most Rev. F. Wilson (Vladimir)	Bishop	Diocese of the Southwest	Ecumenical Orthodox Christian Church	Denver	Colorado	U.S.A.
Seymour, Most Rev. Helene	Bishop	Saint Dubricius Order O' Glastonbery	Church of Antioch	Sun City	California	U.S.A.
Sieg, Most Rev. Marilyn	Bishop		Apostolic Catholic Community	Peoria	Arizona	U.S.A.
Shirilau, Most Rev. Mark	Bishop		Ecumenical Catholic Church	Forestville	California	U.S.A.
Sills, Most Rev. Perry R.(Joseph Benedict), OC, S.T.D.	Bishop	St. Raphael the Archangel Eucharistic Community/Mission	Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America	San Jose	California	U.S.A.
Smith, Most Rev. Albert	Bishop		Christian Catholic Church (Old Catholic)	Springdale	Arkansas	U.S.A.
Spaeth, Metropolitan Yur, Jr.	Bishop	Archdiocese of Florida	Ecumenical Orthodox Christian Church	Chiefland	Florida	U.S.A.
Spruit, Most Rev. Meri Louise	Bishop		Church of Antioch	Santa Fe	New Mexico	U.S.A.
Svihus, Most Rev. Richard H., MD	Bishop			Chico	California	U.S.A.
Swaringim, Most Rev. Carl T., Ed.D.*	Bishop	Diocese of Missouri	Independent Catholic Church of America	St. Louis	Missouri	U.S.A.
Tancibok, Most Rev. C. Alexis*	Bishop		American Catholic Community Church	Alexandria	Virginia	U.S.A.
Trees, Rt. Rev. Dr. Douglas L.	Bishop		Chevaliers de l'Ordre de Notre Dame de Sion	Saint James	New York	U.S.A.
Trivoli-Johnson, Most Rev. G. Stephe, D.S.Th, Ph.D.	Bishop		Central Orthodox Synod	Garden Grove	California	U.S.A.
Turkington, Most Rev. Brian	Bishop	Oratory of the Little Way		Altamonte Springs	Florida	U.S.A.
Verzosa, Most Rev. Alexander O., D.D.	Bishop	Our Mother of Perpetual Help	Oriental Catholic Church	San Jose	California	U.S.A.
Walgraeve, Most Rev. Walter	Bishop	Ecclesia de Templo Church	Diocese of Ecclesia de Templo	Schoten		Belgium
Washington, Most Rev. Augustine Arthur, III	Bishop		Free Liberal Catholic Church, Free Sacramentalist Communion	Seattle	Washington	U.S.A.
Watters, Most Rev. Ellen M.	Bishop		Free Church of Antioch	Santa Barbara	California	U.S.A.
Wheeler, Rev. Fr. James Joesph Jude, C.J.	Priest	St. Andrews Orthodox Mission and Center for Spiritual Direction	Company of Jesus	Denver	Colorado	U.S.A.
Wharton, Rt. Rev. Donald	Bishop		Byzantine - Orthodox Catholic Church	Toms River	New Jersey	U.S.A.
White, Most Rev. Charles*	Bishop		Church of Antioch	Washington	District of Columbia	U.S.A.
WhiteLight, Most Rev. Roxanne	Bishop		Agape Peace Fellowship	Spokane	Washington	U.S.A.
Wilkowski, Most Rev. James Alan	Bishop	Holy Catholic Church: An Independent Catholic Faith Community		Chicago	Illinois	U.S.A.
Wilson, Most Rev. John	Bishop	St. George's Church, Eastern Orthodox		Lawtey	Florida	U.S.A.
Woods, Most Rev. Dexter	Bishop	Diocese of Southern California	Church of Antioch	San Diego	California	U.S.A.
Worrell, Rt. Rev. Charles E., Sr., Th.D.	Bishop		Southern Episcopal Church	Nashville	Tennessee	U.S.A.
__, Most Rev. Mathias Mar Yusef	Bishop		Apostolic Orthodox Church	Boerne	Texas	U.S.A.
Zabrowski, Rev. Robert, O.M., D.D.	Bishop		Mariavite Old Catholic Church	Wyandotte	Michigan	U.S.A.

FICOB Directory of Independent Catholic Jurisdictions

FICOB published a Directory of Independent Catholic Jurisdictions. It noted: "Each of the following listings are for independent (i.e. non-canonical) jurisdictions that are rooted in the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican forms of sacramental worship. They are quite diverse. The listings range from jurisdictions which are very liberal and metaphysical (or even "New Age") to those which are traditional and conservative."

The following jurisdictions were included in the FICOB directory of January 1, 1998. Leaders of those jurisdictions are listed in parentheses below. The original directory listed a cross (+) before each name.

A cross-study in January 2023 revealed that only 18 of the 62 jurisdictions (29%) in the 1998 FICOB directory (marked with an asterisk below) existed 25 years later.

• American Catholic Church (W. Donovan, G. Cover)
• American Catholic Church (Allmen)
• American Catholic Church (P. Hickman, Deacon P. McElroy, F. Olivera, B. Madriaga, M. Ryder, J. Plesetz, E. Atkociunas, J. Farris)
• American Catholic Community Church (C.A. Tancibok)
• American Church of the East, Mar Thoma Orthodox Church Outside of India (J. Vredenburgh [Mar Joseph] Nasai), T. Weber)
• American Orthodox Catholic Church (a.k.a, The Holy Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America) (Condrick, Tetreault)
• Antiochian Catholic Church in America (V. Herron)*
• Apostolic Catholic Church (Muncy)
• Apostolic Episcopal Church, Province of the East (a.k.a., The Order of Corporate Reunion) (A.W. Brooks, B. Persson, F.C. Spataro, D. Garrison, Caudill, W. Ellis, G.C. Reynolds, P. Mack)
• Apostolic Orthodox Church (Mar Yusef, von Miller)
• Apostolic Orthodox Church in America (MacHugh)
• Byzantine Catholic Church
• Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch—Malabar Rite ("Church of Antioch") (H. Spruitt, M. Reynolds-Spruitt, R. Gundrey, et al.)*
• Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA) (W. Schultz, R.F. Kelly, J.E. Hladney, M.J. Pugin, W.F. Bolinger, R.P. Daly, C.G. Purvenas-Smith)*
• Charismatic Episcopal Church*
• Christ Catholic Church (K. Pruter)
• Christ Catholic Church International (D. Mullan)
• Christian Catholic Church USA (R. E. Sawyer, A.W. Smith)
• Christ's Apostolic Church Of North America (Nowlan)
• Christ the Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church (A. Hash)*
• Church of the Culdees (MacKillop)
• Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (Owen, Wise, M. Broussard, et al.)*
• Communion of Saint John, Celtic Rite Orthodox (Robinson)
• Ecclesia Gnostica (Hoeller)*
• Ecumenical Catholic Church (M. Shirilau)*
• Evangelical Anglican Church in America (Bettendorf)*
• Evangelical Catholic Church (K. Barwin)
• Federated Orthodox Catholics United Sacramentally (FOCUS)
• Federation of St. Thomas Christian Churches
• Free Catholic Church (Clary, Rinaldi)
• Free Church of England (Shucksmith, Milner, Powell)*
• Friends Catholic Communion, Episcopate of Christ Pantocrator (J.C. Adams)
• Independent Catholic Alliance (R. McCarthy)
• Independent Catholic Diocese of the Order of Port Royal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Falk)
• Liberal Catholic Church*
• Liberal Catholic Church International*
• Mar Thoma Orthodox Church Outside of India, Eparchy of Lincoln (M.S. Melchizedek)
• New Catholic Communion (D. Dahl)
• Old Catholic Church of America (W. Brown, Bostwick, M. Crumpton)
• Old Catholic Church of British Columbia & Society (J. LaPlante)*
• Orthodox Catholic Church of America (P. Sills, Lankenau)*
• Polish National Catholic Church (Hodur et al.)*
• Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) (Lefevre)*
• Rodriguez, Archbishop Jorge (Diocesan Ministry of J. Rodriguez)*
• Society of Saint Pius V (SSPV) (Mendez, Kelley)*
• Southern Episcopal Church (H.C. Manning, Atwell, Corley, Fry, Halliwell, Johnson, Marshall, Teppenpaw, Whittlesey, Worrell)*
• Thomas Christians (a.k.a., The Ecumenical Catholic Church) (D. Stouder)
• Traditional Episcopal Church
• Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Holy Synod of the West, Eastern Orthodox Diocese of Berkeley (Alioto, Jonah)
• United Catholic Church
• White Robed Monks of St. Benedict (Dittler)*

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