Tag: Old Catholic

Joseph Vilatte and the Wisconsin Old Catholics, 1891-92

Dec 6, 2010

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by

Matthew Namee

in Early Converts, Orthodoxy in the Americas

In the comments section of an old article I wrote on the first Orthodox parishes in each US state, Isa Almisry and I have recently had an interesting exchange about an Old Catholic parish in Wisconsin which discussed joining (and possibly did briefly join) the Russian Orthodox Church in 1891-92. This story involves Joseph Rene Vilatte,…