Western Orthodox Church in America

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Basic Information

The Western Orthodox Church in America is an independent Catholic jurisdiction that began as the Community of the Good Shepherd Eastern founded in the mid-1970s by C. David Luther.

History

 

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split into  Apostolic Orthodox Catholic Church of North America (1989)

Notes

History data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on history data sources]