The American Catholic Church (1894 – ) was an independent confederation of congregations, which individually separated from the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. It was founded by Anton Francis Kołaszewski and Alfons Mieczysław Chrostowski in the United States.

History

The first convention of the American Catholic Church (ACC1894) appointed Joseph René Vilatte as its ecclesiastical head who was "without arbitrary powers". Constantine Klukowski wrote, in ''History of St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1898–1954'', that the 1894 Green Bay city directory lists Vilatte's cathedral, which was built in 1894, "as 'American Catholic and its officials as: Vilatte, archbishop metropolitan and

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; Kolaszewski,

vicar general A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ...

;

Stephen Kaminski Stephen Kaminski (born Fryderyk Roeder, 1859 – September 19, 1911) was the bishop of an independent Christian diocese known as the Polish Independent Catholic Church of America. He is considered to have been an '. Early life Stephen Kaminski, ...

, consultor; and, Brother Nicholas, church manager.

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Independent Catholic denominations Christian organizations established in 1894 {{Christian-denomination-stub

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