Old Catholic Church in Italy

The Old Catholic Church in Italy, Italian: Chiesa Vetero-Cattolica dell'Unione di Utrecht in Italia, is the Italian member church of the Union of Utrecht of Old Catholic churches, which is in full communion with the Anglican Communion (so that members of both communions are permitted to receive the sacraments in the others churches). It has parishes in Milan, Turin, Rome, Latina, Sabaudia, Reggio Calabria with missions in Florence, Pisa, Livorno, Verona, Legnago, Palermo and Catania.

The church was under the episcopal oversight of the bishop of the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland until 2011. On June 21 of that year the bishop of the Old Catholic Church of Switzerland, in agreement with the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference, decided that the Union of Utrecht would end its mission in Italy "due to the problematic internal situation". The parishes were "offered a model that guarantees their continued pastoral care."^[1]

It is one of several Old Catholic churches in Italy, another being the Chiesa Vetero-Cattolica Italiana.

References

↑ International Old Catholic Bishops Conference (IBC) withdraws from the parishes in Italy

External links

Chiesa vetero cattolica italiana dell'Unione di Utrecht (in Italian)

The Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches

Unifying institutions	Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference International Old Catholic Congresses

Member churches	Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany Old Catholic Church of Austria Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic Polish Catholic Church (see below for PNCC based in the United States)

Dependent jurisdictions	Old Catholic Church of Croatia Old Catholic Mission in France Old Catholic Church in Sweden and Denmark

Churches in full communion	Anglican Communion Philippine Independent Church

Churches no longer in communion	Old Catholic Church in Italy Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC; based in the United States)

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