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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 Eastern Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church is one of the 5 dioceses of the Polish National Catholic Church in the United States and Canada, with its seat in Manchester, New Hampshire. [2] Paul Sobiechowski is the current bishop ordinary of the Eastern Diocese, being consecrated in 2011.
Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the country, with members of the Armenian Catholic Church under the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland. [1]
The Polish-Catholic Church was founded in 1921 after the Polish-American Polish National Catholic Church sent missionaries to Poland during the Interwar period. [5] Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański was chosen as the church's superior in 1995 until his death in 2023. [6] Following his death, four new bishops were consecrated for Poland. [7]
The original church building was a wood-frame structure, which was destroyed by a fire in 1904. The replacement was a Gothic Revival Style with a tower and steeple rising to 175 feet that was built on the site of the original church. [1] This is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New York City in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
The Polish National Catholic Church has officially reinstated the Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Sundays in 2014 throughout the entire Church. The celebration of this season as a preparation for Holy Lent is now highlighted as a part of the Liturgical Year.
An April 18, 2001 press release described a two-day meeting between representatives of the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC) and representatives of the USCCB about, among other items, what the press release describes as "several cases of local misunderstandings, most of which had to do with a perception by Roman Catholic authorities that ...
The Central Diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church is a diocese of the Polish National Catholic Church that includes New Jersey, part of New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and parishes in California, Colorado, and Maryland. The cathedral of the Central Diocese is St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania.