Old Catholic Church in Sweden and Denmark

The Old Catholic Church in Sweden is the Swedish member church of the Union of Utrecht.

Old Catholic Church

The Old Catholic Church in Sweden has been the Swedish member church of the Union of Utrecht since 1976,^{citation required} which is in full communion with the Anglican Communion (so that members of both communions are permitted to receive the sacraments in one another's churches). It has parishes and small groups scattered around Sweden, with its stronghold in the south. The Church is under the episcopal oversight of the International Bishops Conference. The Bishop of Haarlem, the Right Reverend Dirk Schoon has oversight.^[1]

There is also one parish in Denmark.

The OCC in Sweden is a member of the Swedish Institute of Contextual Theology and sees itself as a radical, inclusive and open church. Many of its members comes from the gay community.

References

↑ http://www.europe.anglican.org/partners/partners_incommunion.htm, Diocese in Europe, Churches in Communion with the Church of England , Churches of the Porvoo Agreement, Retrieved February 8, 2011.

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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