| Polish National Catholic Church | |
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| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | Old Catholic |
| Theology | Ultrajectine |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Prime Bishop | Anthony Mikovsky |
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| Region | United States, Canada |
| Founder | Franciszek Hodur |
| Origin | March 1897 Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Separated from | Roman Catholic Church |
| Branched from | Union of Utrecht |
| Congregations | 128 |
| Members | 30,000 |
| Official website | https://pncc.org/ |
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The Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC; Polish: Polski Narodowy Kościół Katolicki, PNKK) is an independent Old Catholic church based in the United States and founded by Polish-Americans.
The PNCC is not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church.[1] Since 2004, the PNCC is no longer in communion with the Union of Utrecht.[2] The organisation is now part of the Union of Scranton.
The church has around 30,000 members in five dioceses in the United States and Canada[3] with 119 congregations in the US. The church is part of Polish Old Catholicism.[4]
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- ^ Orzell, Laurence J. (May 2004). "Disunion of Utrecht". Touchstone Magazine. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Polish National Catholic Church". World Council of Churches. January 1948. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Wysoczański, Wiktor (2016). "Z badań nad polskim nurtem starokatolicyzmu". Rocznik Teologiczny (in Polish). 58 (4): 637–655. ISSN 0239-2550.