Historical Timetime of the Orthodox Old Roman Catholics

The Orthodox Old Roman Catholic Communion historical timeline:

(For more information, visit: https://oldcatholic.org/)

Founded at Jerusalem in 33 A.D.

Organized at Utrecht in 696 A.D.

Granted autonomy by Rome in 1145 A.D.

Seceded from Rome in 1724 A.D.

Annexed by Rome in 1853 A.D.

Established in Great Britain in 1908 A.D.

Recognised as an autocephalous WESTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH

by The Patriarchate of Antioch & All the East in 1911 A.D. & The Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa in 1912 A.D.

Established in America in 1914 A.D.

United as an Orthodox Communion in 2017 A.D.

Movie Review: The Young Pope

The Young Pope, released in 2016, is a television serial drama that tells the story of Lenny Cardinal

Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII in The Young Pope
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Belardo (played by Jude Law), a young member of the College of Cardinals, who is elected Pope. Taking the name of Pius XIII, he challenges the modernism in the Vatican and the post-Vatican II Church, boldly bringing the Church back to its conservative roots. Pius XIII was an orphan, and so he named the nun who was his childhood guardian, Sister Mary (played by Diane Keaton), as his adviser. She plays a significant role in his pontificate and is a noteworthy character in the series. The actions and policies of Pius XIII cause great disruption within the Vatican and even out in the world. He gets into conflict, for example, with some of the Italian government leaders.

Created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino, it was premiered on 3 September 2016 at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. It was first shown on television on 21 October 2016 in Italy. It was also marketed in the United States. In 2017, The Young Pope was nominated for two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the first Italian TV series to receive such a nomination.

The show's characters are entirely fictitious and not based directly on any historical figures. However, some have noted strong parallels between the show and the Imperial Patriarchate and its shepherd, Archfather Rutherford I.

The Young Pope was very well received in Italy, Great Britain, and Ireland, with somewhat less favorable but still positive reviews in the United States. Some Catholic reviewers criticized the show as anti-Catholic, while others, particularly conservative Catholics, found it to be an interesting drama not anti-Catholic at all. There was no comment from the Vatican or the Patriarchate.

RIP Mgr Boniface Grosvold

 

It is with great sadness that the death of His Excellency Mgr Boniface Grosvold is announced. He passed away in his sleep at 1:00 AM (6am BST) today July 21, 2016 in the ICU of University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada. His Excellency was attended by Monsignor George Hamilton-Roberts, who administered Holy Unction and remained at the side of the Archbishop until the end.

From the Old Roman Catholic Clerical Directory:

Most Rev. Dr. Boniface Grosvold was born on 4 June 1942 in Chester, Nova Scotia. As a young man he moved to Ontario where he was employed as a church musician and where he discovered Old Roman Catholicism. On 28 October 1969 (Feast of SS Simeon & Jude) he was tonsured and admitted to the minor order of cleric by Archbishop Nelson Dudley Hillyer of the Ontario Old Roman Catholic Church. He at that time took the religious name of “Boniface” and has been known by that name since. During successive Sundays in January of 1970 Bro. Boniface was admitted by +Hillyer to the minor orders of door keeper, reader, exorcist, and acolyte. On Easter Sunday (29 March) 1970, +Hillyer admitted Bro. Boniface to the sub-diaconate.

Feeling that his future was in another jurisdiction, Brother Boniface resigned in the summer of 1970 from the Ontario Old Roman Catholic Church and joined Holy Saviour Old Roman Catholic Parish of Niagara Falls, New York, and its bishop-elect Fr. William Mark Plested.

On 30 and 31 August 1970 respectively, Boniface was ordained a deacon and a priest by the retired Old Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, the Most Rev’d Earl Anglin Lawrence James (1901 to 1978). On 28 September 1970 Fr. Plested was consecrated bishop for the Old Roman Catholic community in Niagara Falls, NY by +James, and both he and the now Father Boniface based their work there.

On 19 January 1972 the work was legally organized by the incorporation in the Province of Ontario of the Old Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Ontario, which took in also the American Parish of Holy Saviour, which then served as the Pro-Cathedral.

On 20 July 1974, Fr. Boniface was consecrated the auxiliary bishop for the Old Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Ontario in Holy Saviour Old Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral by the Old Roman Catholic Archbishop of New England, the Most Rev’d Edward Carleton Payne, assisted by Archbishop William Mark Plested of the ORCC Diocese of Ontario.
On 30 November 1974 Bishop Grosvold was enthroned as the second Bishop of the ORC Diocese of Niagara Falls, New York, and Ontario, in succession to Archbishop Plested. On September 11th. – 12th., 1976, he was elected Metropolitan-Archbishop and Primate.
Since October of 1997, the See of the Diocese, also known as the “Old Roman Catholic Church In Canada”, has been in London, ON Canada.

Mgr Bobby C. Hall consecrated Bishop

Salinas, CA. – Archbishop Joseph A. Vellone, DD announced today the appointed and consecration the Rev. Bobby C. Hall, DD as Regionary Auxiliary Bishop of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church - Archdiocese of California.

The Old Roman Catholic Church is a continuation of the original Roman Catholic faith; being a direct descendant of the canonically autonomous Archdiocese of Utrecht. As such it has continued to maintain an unbroken apostolic succession of priests from that historic Catholic Archdiocese.

Archbishop Vellone assisted by Archbishop Coadjutor Chris M. Hernandez, DD elevated Fr. Hall to the Episcopal office of Bishop in the Christ the King Chapel at Our Lady of the Snows National Shrine in Belleville, IL.

Bishop Hall was currently serving as a priest in the Archdiocese of California and as the pastor of St. Georges Old Roman Catholic Church, in Centerton Arkansas. Bishop Hall attended public schools in Kerens and Corsicana, Texas.  He graduated High school in 1951 from Schreiner Institute located at Kerrville, Texas. Immediately following graduation was to serve as an Artillery Noncommissioned officer during the Korean Conflict. Upon discharge in 1955 entered college.Bishop Hall studied at Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in 1960. On Graduation he was commissioned as a 2^nd Lt. Army and served during the Vet Nam conflict in the 82^nd Airborne Division. In 1965 he entered Texas Chiropractic College receiving the Doctor of Chiropractic Degree in 1970. During several years of practice in San Angelo, Texas he served as incorporator and Chief of Staff of Angelo Chiropractic Associates, a multi-discipline healing arts clinic consisting of Chiropractors, Medical Doctors, Parodists and Physical Therapists. During this time he was also to serve on several state boards for the Chiropractic profession and by gubernatorial appointment on a Federal medical advisory commission. Ceased practice in 1983 due to an accident on his cattle ranch.

 Later Bishop Hall began studies in Sacred Theology  at  Saint Aelred’s School of Theology receiving a Masters of Theology in 2001  The he was ordained as a Deacon in July 2005. In 2007 was ordained a priest by the Most Rev. Louis W. Falk at St. Aidan’s in Des Moines, IA.Bishop Hall went on to earn a Master of Ministry degree in 2013 from the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Seminary, Wesley, Oxford, and was later awarded a Doctor of Divinity   ( honoris causa) from the same institution in 2015. He is currently studying as a candidate for the Doctor of Theology Degree.

Bishop Hall’s parents were Barney and Lovie Hall of Corsicana, Texas, both deceased.

 Bishop Hall currently resides in Bella Vista, AR and is married to Patricia Ellen Williamson formally of Greenville, OH. They have six children, two of whom are deceased, proudly having 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Bishop Patrick King Deceased

Bishop Patrick H. King, SOAR, passed away on January 7th, 2014. He was the Western Regionary Bishop for the Old Roman Catholic Church in North America.

Msgr. Deffenbaugh officiates at Air Force wedding

Msgr. D. Deffenbaugh (Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church) officiated at the wedding of two members of the United States Air Force on May 17th 2014, Tevin and Shasta King.

Metropolitan Philip Deceased

Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) of the Antiochian Orthodox Church died March 19th, 2014.