Celtic Orthodox Church

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The Celtic Orthodox Church (COC;

autocephalous Christian church founded in the 20th century in France
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Since 25 December 2007, the Celtic Orthodox Church has been in communion with the French Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of the Gauls, forming the Communion of Western Orthodox Churches (CWOC).

The Celtic Orthodox Church claims to be part of the Jules Ferrette episcopal succession line.[2]

History

Foundation

The Celtic Orthodox Church was founded in the 20th century by

Tugdual.[1]

Danyel founded the Abbaye de la Saint Présence at Bois-Juhel,

Redon". On 19 December 1959, Danyel proclaimed himself metropolitan under the title Tugdual I, Archbishop of Dôl. Danyel "revived Druidic rites" and added to his title "Sa Blancheur l'Humble" ("His Whiteness the Humble") which he claimed was of Druidic origin. His full title was therefore: "His Whiteness the Humble Tugdual I, Archbishop of Dôl, Abbot of Saint-Dolay, Kayermo and Keroussek, primate of the Holy Celtic Church, President of all the non-Roman Christian and Apostolic Churches".[1]

In 1963 or 1964, the organisation consisted of 10 bishops and two to three lay people.[1] The church was called at the time the Sainte Église celtique en Bretagne (Holy Celtic Church in Brittany).[3]

Death of the founder to today

On 11 August 1968, Danyel died. After his death, his hermitage was abandoned.[1]

In 1977, three monks who were from an abbaye in Montpellier founded by a Celtic Orthodox priest, Paul-Edouard de Fournier de Brescia in 1973, came to the hermitage and built a church on the site.[1]

By 1979, the Celtic Orthodox Church was part of the

William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton.[4]

Paul-Edouard Fournier de Brescia was consecrated bishop under the name Mael in 1980 by the primate of the Celtic Orthodox Church, bishop Seraphim (Norton-Newman).[5]

The Orthodox Church of the British Isles and the Celtic Orthodox Church split in 1994, when under Mar Seraphim (William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton) the Orthodox Church of the British Isles joined the Coptic Orthodox Church and changed its name to British Orthodox Church.[6][5] The Celtic Orthodox Church and some other groups previously under the Orthodox Church of the British Isles remained independent.[4]

With the departure of Mar Seraphim, the Celtic Orthodox Church had no primate. Mael was elected primate of the Celtic Orthodox Church by its Holy Synod in 1994 and remained as such until his death in 2014.[1][7][5] The current primate is since 2014 Metropolitan Marc (Jean Claude Scheerens).[8][9]

In 1996, the Celtic Orthodox Church

canonised Danyel, its founder.[1]

Dioceses

The Celtic Orthodox Church has two

eparchies, France and the United States.[8][10] The group currently has two bishops and nine parishes and is present in France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.[8][11][12][10][13]

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-415-25413-7
    . Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Succession apostolique dans l'Église Orthodoxe Celtique". Eglise Orthodoxe Celtique, éparchie de Suisse. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  3. ISBN 0-9771461-8-9
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-2-8251-1079-9
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  5. ^ a b c "Naissance au Ciel de notre père, Mgr Mael" (PDF). eoc-coc.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-22.
  6. ISBN 978-0-415-25413-7
    . Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  7. ^ johnkersey (2014-07-28). "Death of Mgr. Mael". The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  8. ^ a b c "France". www.eoc-coc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  9. ^ "Qui sommes-nous ?". www.eoc-coc.org. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  10. ^ a b "U.S.A." www.eoc-coc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  11. ^ "Angleterre". www.eoc-coc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  12. ^ "Suisse". www.eoc-coc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  13. ^ "Australie". www.eoc-coc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-06.

External links

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