Denominational Profile

History

The Polish National Catholic Church of America is an independent Old Catholic jurisdiction founded in the 1890s by former members of the Roman Catholic Church of Polish ancestry under the leadership of Bishop Francis Hodur.
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Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1925	67	71	84,000
1929	94	102	101,000
1933	-	106	99,550
1935	111	126	150,000
1937	-	146	189,620
1944	-	146	250,000
1946	-	-	250,000
1951	147	156	265,879
1954	141	156	265,879
1956	142	157	250,000
1957	144	157	267,418
1958	-	157	271,316
1960	141	162	282,411
2002	147	145	60,000
2003	154	-	60,000
2004	137	126	60,000

Source

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]