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Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic)

For the union of the northern provinces of the Netherlands, see Union of Utrecht.
Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
Utrecher Union der Altkatholischen Kirchen
St. Gertrude's Cathedral is the mother church of the Union, located in Utrecht, Netherlands.
AbbreviationUU
ClassificationOld Catholic
GovernanceEpiscopal
Metropolitan of UtrechtBernd Wallet
AssociationsWorld Council of Churches[1]
Full communionAnglican Communion
Church of Sweden
Philippine Independent Church
Mar Thoma Syrian Church
RegionEurope
HeadquartersUtrecht, Netherlands
Origin1889
Utrecht, Netherlands
Separated fromRoman Catholic Church
SeparationsUnion of Scranton
Old Roman Catholic Churches
Membersc. 63.000
Official websiteutrechter-union.org
  Full members of the Union
  Dependent jurisdictions
  Former dependent jurisdictions

The Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches, most commonly referred to by the short form Union of Utrecht (UU), is a federation of Old Catholic Churches, nationally organized from schisms which rejected Roman Catholic doctrines of the First Vatican Council in 1870; its member churches are not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

The 1889 Declaration of Utrecht is one of three founding documents together called the Convention of Utrecht.[2] Many provinces of the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches are members of the World Council of Churches.[1] The UU is in full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden;[3] the Anglican Communion through the 1931 Bonn Agreement; the Philippine Independent Church, the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church, and the Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church through a 1965 extension of the Bonn Agreement; and, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church through the 2024 Thiruvalla agreement.[4][5]

As of 2016, the UU includes six member churches: the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands (OKKN), the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany, the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland, the Old Catholic Church of Austria, the Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic, and the Polish Catholic Church in Poland.[a][6]

  1. ^ a b "Old-Catholic churches". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Utrechter Union - History". www.utrechter-union.org. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  3. ^ "Bilateral Relations". Church of Sweden. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ^ Berlis, Angela (n.d.). "Relations with the Anglican Church". utrechter-union.org. Translated by Conklin, Daniel G. Utrecht, NL: Utrechter Union der Altkatholischen Kirchen. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ^ "Thiruvalla Agreement". Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Member Churches". utrechter-union.org. Utrecht, NL: Utrechter Union der Altkatholischen Kirchen. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-04-28.


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