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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Apostolic_Catholic_Church_Emblem.png) Apostolic Catholic Church | |
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| Classification | Western Christian |
| Orientation | Independent Catholic, Protestant |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Patriarch | Juan Almario E. M. Calampiano |
| Associations | National Council of Churches in the Philippines
Canadian Council of Churches Christian Conference of Asia World Council of Churches (through NCCP) |
| Region | Philippines, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands. |
| Headquarters | Shrine of the Paraclete |
| Founder | John Florentine L. Teruel and Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon |
| Origin | 1991  Philippines |
| Separated from | Roman Catholicism |
| Congregations | 192 |
| Members | 5,000,000 (2009 estimate)[1] 10,000,000 (2015 estimate) |
| Tertiary institutions | College of the Most Holy Trinity and Colegio de Santa Maria Virginia Leonzon[2] |
| Official website | https://acc.org.ph/ |
The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) (Filipino: Apostolika't Katolikang Simbahan or Simbahang Apostolika Katolika; Spanish: iglesia católica apostólica) is an Independent Catholic denomination established in 1992 by John Florentine L. Teruel.[3][4] The ACC has its origin as a Catholic organization founded in the 1970s in Hermosa, Bataan.
- ^ National Council of Churches in the Philippines. "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "The Church". acc-ingkong.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29.
- ^ Esmaquel II, Paterno (13 September 2017). "Christian churches on drug war: 'Stop the slaughter!'". RAPPLER. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop". The Manila Times. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-11-11.