The Catholic Clerical Union is an American
Anglo-Catholic
Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the Catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches.
The term was coined in the early 19th century, although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglican ...
organization founded in 1886 as the Clerical Union for the Maintenance and Defence of Catholic Principles.
In 2006, its website listed chapters for Albany, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, New England, New York-New Jersey-Connecticut, and Northern Indiana.
An organization with the name Catholic Clerical Union was incorporated in California as a domestic non-profit on October 12, 2017 (number C4073892).
Bibliography
*Harry St Clair Hathaway, ''Bishops Suffragan'' (1909)
*''The Anglo-Catholic'' (Periodical published at
Milwaukee
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beginning in 1975)
Notable members
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Donald L. Garfield Donald Lothrop Garfield (May 4, 1924 — April 8, 1996) was a prominent American Anglo-Catholic priest and liturgist during the twentieth century.
Garfield was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His undergraduate studies were interrupted for two ye ...
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Frank Gavin
*Edward Rochie Hardy, Jr.
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Henry Harrison Oberly Henry Harrison Oberly (June 19, 1841 - March 19, 1914) was a prominent Episcopal priest and author. He was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and baptized at the First Presbyterian Church; he was a student of James DeKoven at Racine College, where he was ...
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Arthur Ritchie
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Robert Ritchie
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Granville Mercer Williams SSJE
See also
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Society of the Holy Cross
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Society of Catholic Priests
The Society of Catholic Priests (SCP) is a religious society of clergy in the Anglican Communion which draws its membership from Anglicans who consider themselves a part of the liberal Anglo-Catholic tradition.
Founding and early history
The soc ...
External links
Archived official website*Edward Rochie Hardy, Jr.
(1937)
A Sermon Preached before the Vice-President and Council of the Clerical Union for the Maintenance and Defense of Catholic Principles, and the Catholic Club of Philadelphia in Memory of the Reverend Henry Robert Percival, D.D. in St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, November 10th, 1903(1903) from Philadelphia Studies
Program for the Philadelphia Branch of the Catholic Clerical Union for 1969-1970from Philadelphia Studies
Anglican organizations established in the 19th century
Anglo-Catholicism
Religious organizations established in 1886