The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a communion of churches established in 1964 or 1967, by

James Parker Dees James Parker Dees was an American bishop. He was the founder and first bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and the Orthodox Anglican Communion. He was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 29, 1949; and as a priest by Thomas ...

. The AOC was formed outside of the

See of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

; the OAC is not part of the

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...

. The Anglican Orthodox Communion adheres to the doctrine, discipline and worship contained in the 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'' and the 1562 '' Articles of Religion''. The OAC was created as a conservative alternative to the mainstream Anglican Communion. The presiding bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church serves as metropolitan of the OAC. The OAC claims to have "over one million

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s".

Orthodox Anglican Church

The Orthodox Anglican Church is a member of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. It was founded as the Anglican Orthodox Church in 1963 or 1964 by

, in

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. James Parker Dees died in 1990. Dees was succeeded as leader by George Schneller; Schneller resigned soon after due to illnesses. The leader thus became Robert J. Godfrey. In 2000, Godfrey resigned;

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succeeded him as leader. McLaughlin was followed by

Creighton Jones T. Creighton Jones was the Presiding Bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Communion. His apostolic succession is Anglican, Old Catholic, and Orthodox.

. Thomas Gordon is the current leader. In 1999, the group changed its name to ''Episcopal Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America''. It then changed it to ''Orthodox Anglican Church'' in 2005.https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/imaging/download/1b_14667583_962ec61a860045389e18e8a1a115f88d The organisation "champions the 1928 ''Book of Common Prayer'', emphasizes Christian

orthodoxy Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion. Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...

, and insists on high

moral standards Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...

". Godfrey and McLaughlin were signatories to the

Bartonville Agreement The Bartonville Agreement came from a meeting held in May 1999 by bishops representing both the Anglican Communion's American province ( The Episcopal Church) and a number of Continuing Anglican jurisdictions in North America. As such, it was an e ...

in 1999. In 2007, McLaughlin signed a Covenant of

Intercommunion Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among denominations on exactly what constitutes full communion, but ...

between the Orthodox Anglican Church and the , represented by the Most Revd Augustin Bacinsky.A Covenant Between The Old Catholic Church In Slovakia and the Orthodox Anglican Church
April 25, 2007.

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Continuing Anglican denominations Christian organizations established in 1967 {{Anglicanism-stub

Orthodox Anglican Church

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